ArticleRoyal Society open science2018
Short cracks in knee meniscus tissue cause strain concentrations, but do not reduce ultimate stress, in single-cycle uniaxial tension.
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- Structural Motifs in Soft Fibrous Tissues: Revealing Structure-Mechanics Relationships in Deformation and Tear Resistance for Biomimetic Material Design.Advanced healthcare materials · 2025Review
- Volume Loss and Recovery in Bovine Knee Meniscus Loaded in Circumferential Tension.Journal of biomechanical engineering · 2023Article
- Finite element modeling of meniscal tears using continuum damage mechanics and digital image correlation.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Tensile energy dissipation and mechanical properties of the knee meniscus: relationship with fiber orientation, tissue layer, and water content.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Tear propagation in vaginal tissue under inflation.Acta biomaterialia · 2021Article
- Effect of age on the failure properties of human meniscus: High-speed strain mapping of tissue tears.Journal of biomechanics · 2021Article
- Applying ASTM Standards to Tensile Tests of Musculoskeletal Soft Tissue: Methods to Reduce Grip Failures and Promote Reproducibility.Journal of biomechanical engineering · 2021Article
- Structure, function, and defect tolerance with maturation of the radial tie fiber network in the knee meniscus.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2020Article
- Short cracks in knee meniscus tissue cause strain concentrations, but do not reduce ultimate stress, in single-cycle uniaxial tension.Royal Society open science · 2018Article
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Abstract
Tears are central to knee meniscus pathology and, from a mechanical perspective, are crack-like defects (cracks). In many materials, cracks create stress concentrations that cause progressive local rupture and reduce effective strength. It is currently unknown if cracks in meniscus have these consequences; if they do, this would have repercussions for management of meniscus pathology. The objective of this study was to determine if a short crack in meniscus tissue, which mimics a preclinical meniscus tear, (a) causes crack growth and reduces effective strength, (b) creates a near-tip strain concentration and (c) creates unloaded regions on either side of the crack. Specimens with and without cracks were tested in uniaxial tension and compared in terms of macroscopic stress-strain curves and digital image correlation strain fields. The strain fields were used as an indicator of stress concentrations and unloaded regions. Effective strength was found to be insensitive to the presence of a crack (potential effect < 0.86 s.d.;
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