Fatigue behaviour of fine-grained alumina hip-joint heads under normal walking conditions

Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 589-600

  Basu, D ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alumina; Crack growth; Fatigue; Femoral heads; Hip joint

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIP PROSTHESES; STRESSES;

FEMORAL HEADS; MAXIMUM WALKING STRESS; QUASI INFINITE PERFORMANCE;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0242285589     PISSN: 02562499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02706449     Document Type: Article

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