Simulation of wear rates and mechanisms in total knee prostheses by ball-on-flat contact in a five-station, three-axis test rig

Wear

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 424-429

  Saikko, Vesa ^a   Calonius, Olof ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gamma irradiation; Knee joint prosthesis; Polyethylene; Wear simulator

Indexed keywords

DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; ROTATION;

KNEE WEAR SIMULATOR;

WEAR OF MATERIALS;

MEDICAL APPLICATION; POLYETHYLENE; SLIDING FRICTION; WEAR PREVENTION;

EID: 0036699419     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(02)00154-0     Document Type: Article

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