Citation

Cordey J, Grutter R, Johner R. Injury 2000; 31(Suppl 3): C68-71.

Affiliation

AO Research Institute, Davos Platz.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11052385

Abstract

How strong is a long bone in torsion? The principle of mechanical engineering of torsion on a beam is applied to the cylindrical tube model of a bone. The deformation and the strength of the tube are calculated. The calculated strength is about twice that of a real, not circular bone (human tibia) with the same cross-sectional area.