Bones

Structure and Mechanics

John D. Currey

436 pages, parution le 30/06/2006

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Résumé

This is a comprehensive and accessible overview of what is known about the structure and mechanics of bone, bones, and teeth. In it, John Currey incorporates critical new concepts and findings from the two decades of research since the publication of his highly regarded The Mechanical Adaptations of Bones. Crucially, Currey shows how bone structure and bone's mechanical properties are intimately bound up with each other and how the mechanical properties of the material interact with the structure of whole bones to produce an adapted structure.

For bone tissue, the book discusses stiffness, strength, viscoelasticity, fatigue, and fracture mechanics properties. For whole bones, subjects dealt with include buckling, the optimum hollowness of long bones, impact fracture, and properties of cancellous bone. The effects of mineralization on stiffness and toughness and the role of microcracking in the fracture process receive particular attention. As a zoologist, Currey views bone and bones as solutions to the design problems that vertebrates have faced during their evolution and throughout the book considers what bones have been adapted to do. He covers the full range of bones and bony tissues, as well as dentin and enamel, and uses both human and non-human examples.

Copiously illustrated, engagingly written, and assuming little in the way of prior knowledge or mathematical background, Bones is both an ideal introduction to the field and also a reference sure to be frequently consulted by practicing researchers.

L'auteur - John D. Currey

John D. Currey is Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of York. He is the author of Animal Skeletons and The Mechanical Adaptations of Bones (Princeton) and a coauthor of Mechanical Design in Organisms (Princeton).

Sommaire

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
The Structure of Bone Tissue
The Mechanical Properties of Materials
The Mechanical Properties of Bone
The Adaptation of Mechanical Properties to Different Functions
Cancellous Bone
The Properties of Allied Tissues
The Shapes of Bones
Articulations
Bones, Tendons, and Muscles
Safety Factors and Scaling Effects in Bones
Modeling and Reconstruction
Summing up
References
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Princeton University Press
Auteur(s)	John D. Currey
Parution	30/06/2006
Nb. de pages	436
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	652g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780691128047
ISBN13	978-0-691-12804-7