Predictive model for tensile true stress-strain behavior of chemically and mechanically degraded ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-248

  Kurtz, Steven M ^a   Rimnac, Clare M ^b   Bartel, Donald L ^c  

^a Exponent Failure Analysis Associates   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

sterilization; Degradation; Mechanical behavior; Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GAMMA RAYS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

MECHANICAL DEGRADATION;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; DENSITY GRADIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GAMMA RADIATION; HYPOTHESIS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDICTION; STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEROXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; STERILIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0032171428     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199823)43:3<241::AID-JBM4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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