A method for shape optimization of a hip prosthesis to maximize the fatigue life of the cement

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 647-654

  Hedia, H S ^a   Barton, D C ^a   Fisher, J ^a   Elmidany, T T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Mansoura   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cement bone interface; Cement stem interface; Crack initiation time; Fatigue notch factor; Optimization; Stress shielding; von Mises stress

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; BONE CEMENT; CALCULATIONS; CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

FATIGUE NOTCH FACTOR; FEMORAL STEM; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ANSYS; STRESS SHIELDING; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT; VON MISES STRESS;

HIP PROSTHESES;

BONE CEMENT;

ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HIP PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ALGORITHMS; BONE CEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; HIP PROSTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0030560956     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(96)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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