Post-yield relaxation behavior of bovine cancellous bone
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Relaxation studies were conducted on specimens of bovine cancellous bone at post-yield strains. Stress and strain were measured for 1000s and the relaxation modulus was determined. Fifteen cylindrical, cancellous bone specimens were removed from one bovine femur in the anterior-posterior direction. The relaxation modulus was found to be a function of strain. Therefore cancellous bone is non-linearly viscoelastic/viscoplastic in the plastic region. A power law regression was fit to the relaxation modulus data. The multiplicative constant was found to be statistically related through a power law relationship to both strain (p<0.0005) and apparent density (p<0.0005) while the power coefficient was found to be related through a power law relationship, E(t, epsilon)=A(epsilon)t(-n(epsilon)), to strain (p<0.0005), but not apparent density.
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Both stress- and strain-dependent effects in stress-relaxation experiments have been observed in trabecular bone.
“Both stress- and strain-dependent effects in stress–relaxation experiments have been observed (102), indicating that trabecular bone is technically nonlinearly viscoelastic.”
From Bone Mechanical Properties in Healthy and Diseased States (2018) · cites this paper as [102]
Trabecular bone is technically nonlinearly viscoelastic.
“Both stress- and strain-dependent effects in stress–relaxation experiments have been observed (102), indicating that trabecular bone is technically nonlinearly viscoelastic.”
From Bone Mechanical Properties in Healthy and Diseased States (2018) · cites this paper as [102]
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- Authors
- Burgers, T. A., Lakes, R. S., García-Rodríguez, S., Piller, G. R., & Ploeg, H.-L.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ploeg, Heidi-Lynn
- Venue
- Journal of Biomechanics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-12
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 2728-2733
- ISSN
- 0021-9290 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2038846134
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Biomechanics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Open PRAIRIE (South Dakota State University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nd)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Elasticity and Material Modeling
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Bone fractures and treatments
- Keywords
- trabecular bone, bovine bone, relaxation modulus, viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity, plastic deformation, power-law relationship, apparent bone density, femur, bone mechanical properties
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cattle, Computer Simulation, Femur, Models, Biological, Stress, Mechanical, Viscosity, Weight-Bearing, Compressive Strength, Elastic Modulus, In Vitro Techniques
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