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. 1978 Feb;16(1):55-67.

The rheological behaviour of cortical bone and cartilage of Bos taurus. The importance of maximal damping capacity in collagen

J G Ramaekers
  • PMID: 645448

The rheological behaviour of cortical bone and cartilage of Bos taurus. The importance of maximal damping capacity in collagen

J G Ramaekers. Acta Morphol Neerl Scand. 1978 Feb.

Abstract

The relaxation behaviour of bone and cartilage was investigated with a free-oscillating torsional pendulum. Two relaxations (260 K, and 150 K) were found for bone an; two (at 260 K and 210 K) for cartilage at a frequency of 1 Hz. The translations were the same as those known for collagen. The translation at 260 K is consistent with the frequency of the impulses causing the contraction of skeleton muscles when extrapolated to 37 centrigrades and a frequency of 500 Hz.

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