THE EFFECT OF QUADRUPOLE ON BONE REMODELING

This work is mainly concerned with an electromechanical model for livi ng bones, taking into account quadrupole effects. In developing the mo del it is assumed that a wet bone is composed of a charged fluid (elec trolytes and bone salts) and the solid bone matrix which has electrica l polar property. Based on these assumptions, the balance laws and the nonlinear and linear constitutive relations are obtained for such a m ixture, acid for the illustration of the model the propagation of a lo ngitudinal wave in wet bone is studied and possible application of it in bone healing and regeneration is indicated.