Modelling fracture processes in bones Adel A. Abdel-Wahab Simin Li Vadim Silberschmidt 2134/15578 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/chapter/Modelling_fracture_processes_in_bones/9545798 This chapter discusses numerical simulations of fracture and deformation of a cortical bone tissue employing an extended finiteelement method (X-FEM). The chapter first reviews the literature on available finite-element models for both macroscopic and microscopic fracture behaviours of the cortical bone tissue. It then discusses the formulation and analysis of a number of finite-element models investigating deformation and fracture of cortical bone using X-FEM at different length scales and for various loading conditions. 2014-08-15 15:00:13 Bone Cortical bone Fracture Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified