Microscopic asperity contact and deformation of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene bearing surfaces

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 477-490

  Wang, F C ^a   Jin, Z M ^a   McEwen, H M J ^b   Fisher, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial hip joint; Asperity contact; Topography; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HIP PROSTHESES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; DEFORMATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIBOLOGY;

ASPERITY CONTACT; MICROSCOPIC CONTACT MECHANICS; WEAR TESTING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FRICTION; HARDNESS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ARTICULATING SURFACES; ASPERITY CONTACTS; CONTACT MECHANICS; CONTACT PRESSURES; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; REAL CONTACT AREA; ROUGHNESS AND TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0347516482     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544110360729117     Document Type: Article

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