title: Thermodynamic restrictions on the elastic constants of bone.
abstract: The thermodynamic restrictions on the elastic coefficients of linear orthotropic elasticity and linear transversely isotropy elasticity are recorded and it is shown that previously reported data for the elastic orthotropic constants of bone satisfy these thermodynamic restrictions.
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology*; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D011336:Probability; D013816:Thermodynamics