Effect of Acetabular Cup Position on the Contact Mechanics of Ceramic-on-Ceramic Hip Joint Replacements

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 254-256, Issue , 2004, Pages 639-642

  Mak, M M ^a   Jin, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alumina; Ceramic on ceramic; Contact mechanics; Finite element analysis; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LUBRICANTS; POISSON RATIO; POLYETHYLENES; STRESSES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CONTACT MECHANICS; METALLIC FIXATION SHELLS;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

EID: 0346255219     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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