Bones : structure and mechanics / John D. Currey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Currey, John D., 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bones.

Biomechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (453 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxfordshire, England : Princeton University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

INTRODUCTION

Chapter One. The Structure of Bone Tissue

Chapter Two. The Mechanical Properties of Materials

Chapter Three. The Mechanical Properties of Bone

Chapter Four. The Adaptation of Mechanical Properties to Different Functions

Chapter Five. Cancellous Bone

Chapter Six. The Properties of Allied Tissues

Chapter Seven. The Shapes of Bones

Chapter Eight. Articulations

Chapter Nine. Bones, Tendons, and Muscles

Chapter Ten. Safety Factors and Scaling Effects in Bones

Chapter Eleven. Modeling and Reconstruction

Chapter Twelve. Summing up

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691090962

0691090963

9781400849505

1400849500

OCLC:

862048589