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Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 32 (2012) 170–177 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing journal homepage: www.elsevier.co m/locate/ymssp Probabilistic model of the human cortical bone with mechanical alterations in ultrasonic range C. Desceliers a,n, C. Soize a, S. Naili b, G. Haiat b a ´ ´ Universite Paris-Est, Laboratoire Modelisation et Simulation Multi Echelle, MSME UMR 8208 CNRS, 5 bd. Descartes, 77454 Marne-la-Vallee, France b ´ ´ ´ ´ ´ Universite Paris-Est, Laboratoire Modelisation et Simulation Multi Echelle, MSME UMR 8208 CNRS, 61 avenue du General de Gaulle, 94010 Creteil Cedex, France a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The biomechanical materials are among the most complex mechanical systems. Most Received 2 May 2011 often, their microstructure is heterogeneous and random. This is the case for the human Received in revised form cortical bones which are considered in this paper. For such systems, a gradient of 9 January 2012 porosity can be observed in the thickness direction but, in this case, none of the usual Accepted 13 March 2012 theories of porous materials can be applied. For this reason, a simplified model with Available online 14 April 2012 gradient for the elasticity tenso