Computer Simulations of
Cracking in a Strained Bone Implant Material

Stefan Lampenscherf and Wolfgang Pompe
    Technische Universtät Dresden

                 and
         Edwin R. Fuller, Jr.
                 NIST

Microstructure of collagen fibrils in a hydroxyapatite (HAP) matrix

Simulated microstructure of collagen fibrils in a HAP matrix

Movie of cracking during straining

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