Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11172161);the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.12ZR1423500);the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(No.12ZZ092);the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project(No.S30106)
Dentin has a hierarchical structure and is composed of numerous tubules whose diameters and densities vary with the distances to the dentin-enamel junction. The unique structure determines the mechanical performance o...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11172161);the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(10410701900,11195820900 and 10ZR1423400);the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(12ZZ092);the State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases(Sichuan University)(SKLODSCU2009KF03);the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project(S30106)
The objective of this investigation is to explore the region-dependent damage behavior of enamel, as well as to develop a good understanding of the deformation mech- anisms of enamel with numerical modeling. Nanoinden...