Aspects of the mechanical behavior of bone

Stress strain

Creep

Relaxation

Remodeling

Comment

Experiment

Melnis and Knets [18]

Tension

In vitro

McElhaney [1]

Compression

In vitro

Crowninshield and Pope [4]

Tension

In vitro

Melnis et al. [27]

Tension

In vitro

Perren et al. [8]

Compression

Compression

In vivo

Present model

Parameters that were calibrated to capture the mechanical behavior found in experiments

E1-E5

u4 and u5

sy, H and up

E3 and u3

E2 and u2

ur

Simulation