Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing (비파괴검사학회지)

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Effects of Material Modulus on Fracture Toughness of Human Enamel, a Natural Biocomposite

  • Received : 2011.04.21
  • Accepted : 2011.06.03
  • Published : 2011.06.30
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Abstract

The enamel, the upper layer of a tooth has remarkable capability of bearing severe loading on the tooth. The fracture behavior is important to understand the mechanism of load bearing and it could be very useful for developing new materials. Non-destructive evaluation of such materials will also benefit from this knowledge. The graded microstructures of enamel were modeled by finite element analysis software and the J-integrals and the stress intensity factors were evaluated as the fracture parameters. The results show that these parameters are location dependent. Those values increase when measured in the direction of dentine enamel junction. This finding matched well with experiments and implies many useful understanding of biomaterials and applications to new materials.

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