Wear properties of UHMWPE oriented under uniaxial compression during the molten state and at lower temperatures than the melting point

JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1297-1303

  Ohta, Makoto ^a   Hyon, Suong Hyu ^a   Kang, Yu Bong ^a   Oka, Masanori ^a   Tsutsumi, Sadami ^a   Murakami, Syozo ^b   Kohjiya, Shinzo ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial joint; Compression; Cross link; Orientation; Tribology; UHMWPE; Wear

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); JOINTS (ANATOMY); MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROSTHETICS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

ARTIFICIAL JOINTS; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

POLYETHYLENES;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION;

EID: 1442263885     PISSN: 13447653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec.46.1297     Document Type: Article

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