Numerical simulations on fatigue destruction of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene using discrete element analyses

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 570-582

  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

Defect formation and propagation; Delamination; Discrete element method; Fatigue; Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0346123068     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.10374     Document Type: Article

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