Sequential Labelling and Acoustic Emission Analysis of Damage Occurring in Cortical Bone During Indentation Cutting

Ger Reilly, Ashkan Safari, David Taylor, Brendan McCormack

Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

Abstract

When a surgeon uses a wedge shaped blade or an osteotome to cut cortical bone during an operative procedure the bone will fail by a process of microcracking and primary crack propagation. It has previously been observed that crack propagation is dependent on the direction of cutting relative to the main axis of the bone. It has also been observed that microcracks occurring during fracture release acoustic signals that facilitate real-time monitoring of a cutting process. In these novel studies, we labelled damage accumulation during cutting of cortical bone using sequential chelating dyes and we correlated recorded AE signals during cutting with load-displacement curves.
Original languageEnglish
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
EventISB XXth Congress - ASB 29th Annual Meeting - Cleveland, United States
Duration: 31 Jul 20055 Aug 2005

Conference

ConferenceISB XXth Congress - ASB 29th Annual Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCleveland
Period31/07/055/08/05

Keywords

  • microcracking
  • crack propagation
  • acoustic signals
  • cutting process
  • sequential chelating dyes
  • load-displacement curves

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Sequential Labelling and Acoustic Emission Analysis of Damage Occurring in Cortical Bone During Indentation Cutting'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this