Notch strengthening and hardening behavior of conventional and highly crosslinked UHMWPE under applied tensile loading

Biomaterials

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3411-3426

  Sobieraj, M C ^a   Kurtz, S M ^b,c   Rimnac, C M ^a,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Fracture micromechanisms; Multiaxial; Notch strengthening; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

MELT TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR; TENSILE LOADING; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES (UHMWPE);

ANNEALING; GAMMA RAYS; JOINT PROSTHESES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; GAMMA RADIATION; HEAT TREATMENT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYETHYLENES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 11144265302     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2004.09.031     Document Type: Article

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