Improving the reliability of the ceramic-on-ceramic wear couple in THR

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1346, Issue , 1998, Pages 173-185

  Richter, Herbert G ^a   Willmann, Gerd ^a   Weick, Katrin ^b  

^a CERAMTEC AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramic cup insert; Ceramic liner; Cyclic fatigue; Fracture pattern; Mechanical stability; Resistance to static load; Stress distribution; Total hip replacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009985374     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12838s     Document Type: Article

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