To replace damaged cartilage or bone tissues, hydrogels are required to provide appropriate stiffness or deformation properties as well as resistance to fracture. However, failure properties, such as the resistance to fracture, must be evaluated by fracture toughness techniques. The application of the micro-destructive indentation test for fracture toughness determination in these tissues can become widespread because of the simplicity of the test. The aim of this paper is to propose a well-tested and more realistic approach for estimating fracture toughness in cartilage and bone.
Nobile, L., Nobile, S. (2018). Simple fracture testing of hydrogels for cartilage or bone tissue engineering. American Institute of Physics Inc. [10.1063/1.5045976].
Simple fracture testing of hydrogels for cartilage or bone tissue engineering
Nobile, Lucio;
2018
Abstract
To replace damaged cartilage or bone tissues, hydrogels are required to provide appropriate stiffness or deformation properties as well as resistance to fracture. However, failure properties, such as the resistance to fracture, must be evaluated by fracture toughness techniques. The application of the micro-destructive indentation test for fracture toughness determination in these tissues can become widespread because of the simplicity of the test. The aim of this paper is to propose a well-tested and more realistic approach for estimating fracture toughness in cartilage and bone.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
