The elastic and ultimate properties of compact bone tissue
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Human cortical bone has an average compressive strength of 105 MPa along the longitudinal axis and 131 MPa along the transverse axis.
“Mechanical testing of human cortical bone has revealed an average compressive strength of 105 MPa along the longitudinal axis and 131 MPa along the transverse axis.”
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Human cortical bone has an average longitudinal tensile strength of 53 MPa.
“Tensile testing further determined an average longitudinal tensile strength of 53 MPa, reflecting its anisotropic mechanical properties [5].”
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- Authors
- Reilly, D. T., & Burstein, A. H.
- Affiliations
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Biomechanics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1975-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 393-405
- ISSN
- 0021-9290 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1993090130
- Cited by
- 1,533
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 48 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 60 · 2021: 72 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 48 · 2018: 50 · 2017: 57 · 2016: 69 · 2015: 39 · 2014: 72 · 2013: 56 · 2012: 70
- FWCI
- 6.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Biomechanics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Elasticity and Material Modeling
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Bone fractures and treatments
- Keywords
- cortical bone, elastic properties, ultimate strength, ultimate stress, tension-compression loading, torsional loading, bovine bone, human bone
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Bone and Bones, Cattle, Elasticity, Humans, Stress, Mechanical
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