On the torsional properties of single osteons.
On the torsional properties of single osteons.
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DOI:
10.1016/0021-9290(95)00057-o
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发表时间:
1995-11
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
R. Lakes
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作者:
R. Lakes
Preamble The high effective shear moduli of osteons as observed by Ascenzi et. al.(1994) is interpreted in the context of size effects previously observed in bone. These phenomena are analyzed in the context of Cosserat elasticity, also called micropolar elasticity.Ascenzi et. al.(1994) recently reported high shear moduli in bone mechanics tests upon wet single human femoral osteons of various fiber architectures. The shear moduli, 23 GPa for osteons with longitudinal fibers, and 17 GPa for osteons with lamellae of alternate orientation, were more than four times higher than moduli reported in the literature for macroscopic specimens of bone tissue. The authors discussed some artifactual processes which could have raised the moduli, as well as structural features of bone. We consider the authors' reported moduli to be correct as they stand. It is the purpose of this communication to elucidate the reasons, both in the structural view and in the continuum view, for the difference in moduli between osteons and bone.