Investigation of failure mechanism in vitallium 2000 implant

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-262

  Sudhakar, K V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corrosion fatigue; Failure mechanism; Fractography; Mechanical testing; Medical implant failures

Indexed keywords

BONE; DUCTILE FRACTURE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCREWS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TENSILE STRESS;

FIXATION DEVICE; MICROHARDNESS TESTS; TENSILE TESTS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

CORROSION; MEDICAL APPLICATION; VITALLIUM;

EID: 12444336974     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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