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Mayao Wang
Mayao
Wang
Xing Gao
Xing
Gao
Adel A. Abdel-Wahab
Adel A.
Abdel-Wahab
Simin Li
Simin
Li
Elizabeth A. Zimmermann
Elizabeth A.
Zimmermann
Christoph Riedel
Christoph
Riedel
Bjorn Busse
Bjorn
Busse
Vadim Silberschmidt
Vadim
Silberschmidt
Effect of micromorphology of cortical bone tissue on crack propagation under dynamic loading
Loughborough University
2015
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Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified
2015-11-16 12:10:07
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Effect_of_micromorphology_of_cortical_bone_tissue_on_crack_propagation_under_dynamic_loading/9576911
Structural integrity of bone tissue plays an important role in daily activities of humans. However, traumatic incidents such as sports injuries, collisions and falls can cause bone fracture, servere pain and mobility loss. In addition, ageing and degenerative bone diseases such as osteoporosis can increase the risk of fracture [1]. As a composite-like material, a cortical bone tissue is capable of tolerating moderate fracture/cracks without complete failure. The key to this is its heterogeneously distributed microstructural constituents providing both intrinsic and extrinsic toughening mechanisms. At micro-scale level, cortical bone can be considered as a four-phase composite material consisting of osteons, Haversian canals, cement lines and interstitial matrix. These microstructural constituents can directly affect local distributions of stresses and strains, and, hence, crack initiation and propagation. Therefore, understanding the effect of micromorphology of cortical bone on crack initiation and propagation, especially under dynamic loading regimes is of great importance for fracture risk evaluation. In this study, random microstructures of a cortical bone tissue were modelled with finite elements for four groups: healthy (control), senior, osteoporosis and bisphosphonate-treated, based on osteonal morphometric parameters measured from microscopic images for these groups. The developed models were loaded under the same dynamic loading conditions, representing a direct impact incident, resulting in progressive crack propagation. An extended finite-element method (X-FEM) was implemented to realize solution-dependent crack propagation within the microstructured cortical bone tissues. The obtained simulation results demonstrate significant differences due to micromorphology of cortical bone, in terms of crack propagation characteristics for different groups, with the young group showing highest fracture resistance and the senior group the lowest