Papers Published

1. McElhaney, J.H. and Byars, E.F., Dynamic response of biological materials, American Society of Mechanical Engineers -- Papers (1965), pp. 8 - .
   (last updated on 2007/04/16)

   Abstract:
   Study of impacts of varying velocity on mechanical response of human bone, bovine bone, and bovine muscle tissue; load-time and displacement-time records for these materials, as well as for nylon and aluminum, were measured over wide range of strain rates; research required development of special test machine capable of constant-velocity compression tests with strain rates up to 4000/sec, and also HF response instrumentation utilizing piezoelectric load cell and capacitance displacement transducer; feature of test machine was adjustable stops that allowed predetermined strains to be applied; tabular results are presented which include various mechanical properties at various strain rates.