Table 1.
Strength properties (average values) of the cortical bone from the literature
| Authors | Specimen bone | Yield strength (Re) [MPa] |
Ult. tensile strength (σ
ult) [MPa] |
Elongation at break (ε
ult) [%] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Yamada 1970) | Femur | 109 | 1.35 | |
| (Reilly and Burstein 1975) | Femur | 114 | 135 | 3.1 |
| (Vinz 1975) | Femur for adults (avg. 30 years) | 106 | 0.26 | |
| (Evans 1976) | Tibia (avg. 41.5 years) | 106 | 1.76 | |
| (Evans 1976) | Tibia (avg. 72 years) | 84 | 1.56 | |
| (McCalden et al. 1993) (Ott 2007, Ott et al. 2010) |
Femur (avg. between [20–102] years) | 71 | 98 | 2.4 |
| (MatWeb, 2016) | Femur | 135 | 3.1 |
The maximal values are in bold