The evolution of fracture risk estimation
โ Scribed by Neil Binkley; E Michael Lewiecki
- Publisher
- American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 45 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0884-0431
- DOI
- 10.1002/jbmr.230
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๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
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## A B S T R A C T In the discussion of the form taken by the expression for the energy for a crack of finite width, an energy term analogous to the plastic work of fracture was introduced. This term is shown to account for the normally observed relation between failure stress and crack length for