Gamma-irradiation aggravates stress concentration along subsurface grain boundary of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) under sliding fatigue environment

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-45

  Shibata, Nobuyuki ^a   Tomita, Naohide ^b   Ikeuchi, Ken ^c  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delamination; Fatigue; Grain boundary; Numerical simulation; Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; FATIGUE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; GAMMA RAYS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; POLYETHYLENES; POROSITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037222679     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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