Abstract
Articular cartilage is a soft tissue that is found in the contacting ends of the bones in the synovial joints of the human body. From a biomechanical point of view, cartilage layers in synovial joints have a significant load-bearing function. As a result, cartilage mechanics has been an important topic in biomechanics research. Different constitutive laws with different complexities have been proposed in order to describe the mechanical behavior of cartilage tissue under in vivo and in vitro conditions. In this chapter, we explain and critically evaluate the available constitutive approaches utilized in cartilage mechanics.
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