Prediction of lubricating film thickness in a ball-in-socket model with a soft lining representing human natural and artificial hip joints

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 363-372

  Jalali Vahid, D ^a   Jagatia, M ^a   Jin, Z M ^a   Dowson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial hip joint replacement; Ball in socket; Compliant layered surface; Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Hip joint

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; THICK FILMS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

REYNOLDS EQUATIONS;

HIP PROSTHESES;

BALL JOINT; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FILM; LUBRICATION; MEDICAL APPLICATION;

EID: 0034794763     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1350650011543600     Document Type: Article

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