Cyclic fatigue-crack propagation in sapphire in air and simulated physiological environments

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 488-491

  Asoo, B ^a   McNaney, J M ^a   Mitamura, Y ^b   Ritchie, R O ^a  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Cyclic fatigue; Heart valve prostheses; Sapphire; Static fatigue

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BIOMATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CYCLIC LOADS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; SAPPHIRE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

CYCLIC FATIGUE; STATIC FATIGUE; SUBCRITICAL CRACKING;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; RINGER SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CORROSION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMIDITY; STRESS;

AIR; ALUMINUM OXIDE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERIODICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033800357     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(20001205)52:3<488::AID-JBM6>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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