Toughness Analysis of Cannon Bone Based on Microstructural Model

As a typical biological material, bone possesses high fracture strength and fracture toughness, which are closely related to its exquisite microstructure. SEM observation of a cannon bone shows that the bone is a kind of layered bioceramic composite consisting of hydroxyapatite sheets and collagen matrix. The hydroxyapatite sheets are of long and thin shape, distributing in parallel. The fracture toughness of the bone is analyzed with the representative model of the hydroxyapatite sheets and the concept of maximum pullout energy. It is shown that the lathy shape as well as the parallel distribution of the hydroxyapatite sheets increases the pullout energy and endows the bone with high fracture toughness.
Cannon Bone Hydroxyapatite Sheets Parallel Distribution Pullout Energy Fracture Toughness
Bin CHEN Shitao SUN Xianghe PENG
Department of Engineering Mechanics, College of Resources and Environmental Science,Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
国际会议
重庆
英文
1066-1069
2008-06-09(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)