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Bone Toughness

Bone Toughness is a mechanical property that quantifies the ability of bone tissue to absorb energy and resist fracture under quasi-static loading, distinguished from other mechanical properties by its emphasis on the total work required to propagate a crack to failure.

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Age-related changes in the collagen network and toughness of bone

X Wang, X. Shen, X Li et al. · Bone · 2002 · 773 citations

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On the Mechanistic Origins of Toughness in Bone

Maximilien E. Launey, Markus J. Buehler, Robert O. Ritchie · Annual Review of Materials Research · 2010 · 727 citations

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Changes in the Stiffness, Strength, and Toughness of Human Cortical Bone With Age

Peter Zioupos, John D. Currey · Bone · 1998 · 635 citations

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The true toughness of human cortical bone measured with realistically short cracks

Kurt J. Koester, Joel W. Ager, Robert O. Ritchie · Nature Materials · 2008 · 559 citations

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Age-related changes in the plasticity and toughness of human cortical bone at multiple length scales

Elizabeth A. Zimmermann, Eric Schaible, Hrishikesh Bale et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 410 citations · Full text

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Authors

552

  1. RO
    Robert O. Ritchie

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    15 publications · 3.1K citations

    14

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  2. DV
    Deepak Vashishth

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

    14 publications · 1.4K citations

    13

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  3. JS
    Jeffry S. Nyman

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States

    11 publications · 616 citations

    11

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  4. TL
    Timothy L. Norman

    West Virginia University, United States

    10 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. PZ
    Peter Zioupos

    Cranfield University, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 1.2K citations

    9

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Institutions

225

  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    15 h-index

    50 publications

    10.8K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    14 h-index

    39 publications

    6.6K citations

  3. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    Troy, United States

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    2K citations

  4. The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center

    San Antonio, United States

    10 h-index

    31 publications

    5.6K citations

  5. The University of Texas at San Antonio

    San Antonio, United States

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    2.8K citations

  6. West Virginia University

    Morgantown, United States

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    2.8K citations

  7. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. Cranfield University

    Cranfield, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    672 citations

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Venues

  1. Bone

    28 publications · 3.7K citations

    24

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  2. Journal of Biomechanics

    24 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. 16

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  4. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

    9 publications · 582 citations

    9

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  5. Biomaterials

    8 publications · 317 citations

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