Modelling of bone fracture and strength at different length scales: a review

FA Sabet, A Raeisi Najafi, E Hamed… - Interface …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this paper, we review analytical and computational models of bone fracture and strength.
Bone fracture is a complex phenomenon due to the composite, inhomogeneous and …

Advanced modeling methods—applications to bone fracture mechanics

A Ural - Current Osteoporosis Reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The goal of this review is to summarize recent advances in
modeling of bone fracture using fracture mechanics–based approaches at multiple length …

Some issues in cohesive surface modeling

A Needleman - Procedia IUTAM, 2014 - Elsevier
A cohesive surface theory of fracture is a phenomenological continuum framework that is
closely related to classical fracture mechanics. As such it shares the advantages and …

An integrated experimental-computational framework to assess the influence of microstructure and material properties on fracture toughness in clinical specimens of …

A Demirtas, EA Taylor, B Gludovatz, RO Ritchie… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microstructural and compositional changes that occur due to aging, pathological conditions,
or pharmacological treatments alter cortical bone fracture resistance. However, the relative …

A finite element model of the lower limb for simulating automotive impacts

CD Untaroiu, N Yue, J Shin - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2013 - Springer
A finite element (FE) model of a vehicle occupant's lower limb was developed in this study to
improve understanding of injury mechanisms during traffic crashes. The reconstructed …

Multiscale damage and strength of lamellar bone modeled by cohesive finite elements

E Hamed, I Jasiuk - Journal of the mechanical behavior of Biomedical …, 2013 - Elsevier
A computational multiscale model of damage mechanisms and strength of lamellar bone is
presented. The analysis incorporates the hierarchical structure of bone spanning the …

Bone tissue aging affects mineralization of cement lines

P Milovanovic, A Vom Scheidt, K Mletzko, G Sarau… - Bone, 2018 - Elsevier
Cement lines are known as thin peripheral boundaries of the osteons. With a thickness
below 5 μm their composition of inorganic and organic compounds has been a matter of …

An interface damage model that captures crack propagation at the microscale in cortical bone using XFEM

A Gustafsson, H Khayyeri, M Wallin… - Journal of the mechanical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Reliable tools for fracture risk assessment are necessary to handle the challenge with an
aging population and the increasing occurrence of bone fractures. As it is currently difficult to …

Crack propagation in cortical bone is affected by the characteristics of the cement line: a parameter study using an XFEM interface damage model

A Gustafsson, M Wallin, H Khayyeri… - … and modeling in …, 2019 - Springer
Bulk properties of cortical bone have been well characterized experimentally, and potent
toughening mechanisms, eg, crack deflections, have been identified at the microscale …

Importance of asymmetry and anisotropy in predicting cortical bone response and fracture using human body model femur in three-point bending and axial rotation

F Khor, DS Cronin, B Watson, D Gierczycka… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Elsevier
Modeling of cortical bone response and failure is critical for the prediction of Crash Induced
Injuries (CII) using advanced finite element (FE) Human Body Models (HBM). Although …