Fragility Assessment of Bovine Cortical Bone Using Scratch TestsKavya Mendu 1, Amrita Kataruka 1, Jasmine Puthuvelil 1, Ange-Therese Akono 1,2
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
This study assesses the fracture toughness of bovine cortical bone at the sub-meso levels using microscopic scratch tests. This is an original, objective, rigorous, and reproducible method proposed to probe fracture toughness below the macroscopic scale. Potential applications are studying changes in bone fragility due to diseases like osteoporosis.
