Citation

Mcelhaney JH, Paver JG, McCrackin HJ, Maxwell GM. Proc. IRCOBI 1983; 11: 163-178.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

Time-varying compressive loading was applied to unembalmed human cervical spines using an MTS closed-loop hydraulic testing machine. Load programs included relaxation, cyclic loading, variable rate constant velocity loading (0.13-64 cm/sec), and constant velocity loading to failure. The failures produced were similar to those observed clinically. A generalized quasi-linear viscoelastic Maxwell-Weichert model incorporating a continuous relaxation spectrum was developed to predict the relaxation and constant velocity test responses. The fit was adequate considering the complexity of the structure involved. (Author/TRRL)