EVALUATION OF SAMPLE PREPARATION PROCEDURES FOR MICRO-MECHANICAL TESTING OF TRABECULAR BONE

Daniel Kytýř, Tomáš Doktor, Jaroslav Valach, Ondřej Jiroušek, Petr Zlámal, Michaela Kostelecká

Abstract

To improve the knowledge about the mechanical properties of trabecular bone it is necessary to assess the properties at micrometer scale. Testing of isolated human trabeculae is highly influenced by precision of the sample preparation. Article deals with description of the pre-testing procedure for the uniaxial testing, nanoindentation and finite element modelling of single trabeculae. Undesirable mechanical, biological and chemical influences have to be excluded during this procedure.

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TC15 - Experimental Mechanics

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