Contact stress at articular surfaces in total joint replacements. Part II: Analytical and numerical methods

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 259-278

  Lewis, Gladius ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Contact Stress; Elasticity solutions; Finite element method; Hertzian theory; Joint replacements

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; TIBIA;

ALLOYS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; JOINTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STERILIZATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIBIA;

EID: 0032323911     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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