title: Identification of the elastic symmetry of bone and other materials.
abstract: A simplified classification scheme for the elastic symmetries of a solid is applied to the identification of the elastic symmetry of a material by three different methods--visual, stereological and numerical algorithm. Each method is illustrated with an application to bone tissues, but the methods apply to all materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cowin
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mehrabadi
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D013314:Stress, Mechanical