COMPACT BONE AS A NON-ISOTROPIC MATERIAL
COMPACT BONE AS A NON-ISOTROPIC MATERIAL
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DOI:
10.1002/aja.1000910302
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发表时间:
1952-01-01
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通讯作者:
LIDDICOAT, RT
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作者:
DEMPSTER, WT;LIDDICOAT, RT
Test pieces of compact bone were machined from the larger long bones (dry human skeletal material) and were tested in compression and in tension in engineering testing machines. The stiffness or modulus of elasticity and the tensile and compressive strengths were detd. for both dry and water-soaked specimens. Dry bone has less strength in tension than in compression, but the modulus values are similar. Wet bone, presumably like living bone, is less stiff than dry bone[long dash]especially in tension[long dash]and its strength is less also, again especially in tension. In addition, cubes of bone were compressed longitudinally (parallel to Haversian systems), radially (surface to marrow) and tangentially. No significant difference could be detected between radial and tangential compression for either modulus of elasticity or strength dry or wet. Both transverse axes, however, are less stiff and much weaker than the longitudinal axis for both measures[long dash]again both wet and dry. Bone thus was shown to be a non-isotropic or orthotropic material like wood. The data are discussed relative to references in the literature and to their significance in determining the effective and the weak features of bones.