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Mechanical Resonance Spectra in Human Cancellous Bone

SciencePublished 20 July 1973
James Pugh, Robert M. Rose, Igor L. Paul, E.L. Radin
Citations26
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score10.42
SNIP6.62

TL;DR

The dynamic mechanical response of fresh human cancellous bone at low audio frequencies contains two resonance spectra in quantitative agreement with the concept of momentum wave modes of calcium and phosphorus atoms in the lamellae, with no variable parameters.

Abstract

The dynamic mechanical response of fresh human cancellous bone at low audio frequencies contains two resonance spectra. The spectral frequencies in each series have the ratios 1:4:9:16 ... n(2). The frequencies are in quantitative agreement with the concept of momentum wave modes of calcium and phosphorus atoms in the lamellae, with no variable parameters.

Keywords

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology