Mechanical Properties of Materials Laboratory

Crack blunting, crack bridging and resistance-curve fracture mechanics in dentin: effect of hydration, Kruzic, J., Nalla R. K., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biomaterials, Dec, Volume 24, Number 28, p.5209-5221, (2003)

Characteristic dimensions and the micro-mechanisms of fracture and fatigue in 'nano' and 'bio' materials, Ritchie, R. O., Kruzic J. J., Muhlstein C. L., Nalla R. K., and Stach E. A. , International Journal of Fracture, Jul-Aug, Volume 128, Number 1-4, p.1-15, (2004)

Effect of aging on the toughness of human cortical bone: evaluation by R-curves, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Bone, Dec, Volume 35, Number 6, p.1240-1246, (2004)

Mechanistic aspects of fracture of human cortical bone, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biological and Bio-Inspired Materials and Devices, MRS Symposium Proceedings, Volume 823, p.W8–2, (2004)

On the origin of the toughness of mineralized tissue: microcracking or crack bridging?, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Bone, May, Volume 34, Number 5, p.790-798, (2004)

Aspects of in vitro fatigue in human cortical bone: time and cycle dependent crack growth, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biomaterials, May, Volume 26, Number 14, p.2183-2195, (2005)

Effects of aging on the toughness of human cortical bone: A study from nano to macro size-scales, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., Balooch M., Ager J. W., Martin M. C., Tomsia A. P., and Ritchie R. O. , Mechanical Properties of Bioinspired and Biological Materials, MRS Symposium Proceedings, Volume 844, p.53-58, (2005)

Effects of polar solvents on the fracture resistance of dentin: role of water hydration, Nalla, R. K., Balooch M., Ager J. W., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Acta Biomaterialia, Jan, Volume 1, Number 1, p.31-43, (2005)

A fracture mechanics and mechanistic approach to the failure of cortical bone, Ritchie, R. O., Kinney J. H., Kruzic J. J., and Nalla R. K. , Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, Apr, Volume 28, Number 4, p.345-371, (2005)

Fracture Properties of Cortical Bone and Dentin, Kruzic, J. J., Nalla R. K., Ritchie R. O., and Kinney J. H. , Bioceramics: Materials and Applications V, Ceramic Transactions, Volume 164, p.53–62, (2005)

Mechanistic aspects of fracture and R-curve behavior in human cortical bone, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biomaterials, Jan, Volume 26, Number 2, p.217-231, (2005)

Mechanistic aspects of in vitro fatigue-crack growth in dentin, Kruzic, J. J., Nalla R. K., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biomaterials, Apr, Volume 26, Number 10, p.1195-1204, (2005)

Time vs. cycle dependence of ex vivo fatigue of human cortical bone, Ritchie, R. O., Nalla R. K., Kruzic J. J., and Kinney J. H. , 11th International Conference on Fracture, (2005)

Cortical bone fracture, Ritchie, R. O., Kinney J. H., Kruzic J. J., and Nalla R. K. , Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, (2006)

Fracture and ageing in bone: Toughness and structural characterization, Ritchie, R. O., Nalla R. K., Kruzic J. J., Ager J. W., Balooch G., and Kinney J. H. , Strain, Nov, Volume 42, Number 4, p.225-232, (2006)

Propagation of surface fatigue cracks in human cortical bone, Kruzic, J. J., Scott J. A., Nalla R. K., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of Biomechanics, Volume 39, Number 5, p.968-972, (2006)

Role of microstructure in the aging-related deterioration of the toughness of human cortical bone, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., Balooch M., Ager J. W., and Ritchie R. O. , Materials Science & Engineering C-Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems, Sep, Volume 26, Number 8, p.1251-1260, (2006)