In vivo, bone cement is subject to cyclic loading in a fluid environment. However, little is known about the effect of moisture absorption on the fatigue crack propagation resistance of bone cement...
Keywords: Acrylic bone cement, fracture toughness, fatigue, moisture absorption, fluid environmental testing conditions, Knochenzement, Rizhigkeit, Ermdung, Flssigkeitsaufnahme, feuchte Testbedingungen
03/2004 | Biomedizinische Technik, Walter de GruyterMode I and Mode II initiation fracture toughness was examined by DCB (double cantilever beam) and 3ENF (three-point bend end notched flexure) tests on specimens of compressed Sitka spruce...
Keywords: compressed Sitka spruce, double cantilever beam (DCB) test, fracture toughness, three-point bend end notched flexure (3ENF) test
01/2008 | Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter