A non-linear homogeneous model for bone-like materials under compressive load.
English
Mengoni, Marlène[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > LTAS - Milieux continus et thermomécanique >]
Voide, Romain[ETH Zurich > Institute for Biomechanics > > >]
Toye, Dominique[Université de Liège - ULg > Département de chimie appliquée > Génie de la réaction et des réacteurs chimiques >]
Léonard, Angélique[Université de Liège - ULg > Département de chimie appliquée > Génie chimique - Procédés et développement durable >]
van Lenthe, Gerrit Hendrik[Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL > Department of Mechanical Engineering > Biomechanics and Engineering Design Section - BMGO > >]
Ponthot, Jean-Philippe[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > LTAS-Mécanique numérique non linéaire >]
2011
Conference Proceedings - 2nd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering
Nithiarasu, P.
Löhner, R.
van Loon, R.
Sazonov, I.
Xie, X.
355-358
No
International
978-0-9562914-1-7
Swansea
UK
2nd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering
George Mason University
Washington D.C.
USA
[en] trabecular bone ; fabric ; anisotropy
[en] Using morphological data provided by computed tomography, finite element (FE) models can be used to compute the mechanical response of bone and bone-like materials without describing the complex local microarchitecture. A constitutive law is here developed and proposed for this purpose. It captures the non-linear structural behavior of bone-like materials through the use of fabric tensors. It also allows for irreversible strains using a plastic material model, allowing hardening of the yield parameters. These characteristics are expressed in a constitutive law based on the anisotropic continuum damage theory coupled with isotropic elastoplasticity in a finite strains framework. This law is implemented into Metafor, a non-linear FE software. Simulations of cylindrical samples undergoing stepwise compression are presented.