Effects of loading rate on strength of t
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A. C. Courtney; E. F. Wachtel; E. R. Myers; W. C. Hayes
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Article
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1994
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Springer
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English
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Results from previous quasi-static mechanical tests indicate that femurs from elderly subjects fail in vitro at forces 50% below those available in a fall from standing height. However, bone is a rate-dependent material, and it is not known whether this imbalance is present at rates of loading which