Abstract:
:The thermal conductivity of cortical bone was characterized experimentally. Specimens were taken from the mid-diaphysis of bovine femora, and the rate of heat transfer was measured in three orthogonal directions. The conductivity was found to be 0.58+/-0.018 W/mK in the longitudinal direction, 0.53+/-0.030 W/mK in the circumferential direction, and 0.54+/-0.020 W/mK in the radial direction. Because the directional differences are small, it is concluded that bovine cortical bone can be treated as thermally isotropic.
journal_name
Med Eng Physjournal_title
Medical engineering & physicsauthors
Davidson SR,James DFdoi
10.1016/s1350-4533(01)00003-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-12-01 00:00:00pages
741-7issue
10eissn
1350-4533issn
1873-4030pii
S1350453301000030journal_volume
22pub_type
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