Original title: Micromechanical Aspects of Inception of Cracks in Articular Cartilage
Authors: Kafka, Vratislav
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Biomechanics of Man 2000, Olomouc (CZ), 2000-11-24 / 2000-11-25
Year: 2000
Language: eng
Abstract: The inception of cracks that are observed on the surface of articular cartilage is explained by taking into account the microstructure: There are - under the surface - dense collagen fibers lying parallel to the surface of cartilage an orientated in one direction. It is shown that an impact loading can lead to rupture of these fibers and subsequent creation of cracks.
Keywords: articular cartilage; biomechanics; cracks; micromechanics
Project no.: GA103/00/0008 (CEP)
Funding provider: GA ČR
Host item entry: Biomechanics of Man 2000, ISBN 80-244-0193-2

Institution: Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0105754

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