id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt jh343r09d8g Ziheng Wu Measures of bone quality and their relationship to bone mechanical properties 2011 .txt text/plain 430 20 35 The objectives of this dissertation were to investigate viscoelastic properties of bone tissue using nanoindentation, identify the effects of disease, aging, gender and tissue compositions on bone mechanical properties, and study crack initiation and propagation in bone samples subjected to multiple loading modes. Overall, this research provides insight into bone viscoelastic properties and microdamage by studying creep behavior, tissue composition, disease and crack initiation and propagation. cache/jh343r09d8g.txt txt/jh343r09d8g.txt