Squeeze-film lubrication of the human ankle joint subjected to the cyclic loading encountered in walking

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-148

  Hlaváček, Miroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cyclic loading; Human ankle joint; Squeeze film lubrication; Synovial fluid filtration; Synovial gel formation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; CARTILAGE; GELS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISCOUS FLOW;

BIPHASIC MIXTURE MODELS; ELASTIC POROUS MATRIX; FLUID FILMS; SYNOVIAL FLUIDS;

LUBRICANTS;

LUBRICATION; SQUEEZE FILM;

EID: 15044347805     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1828076     Document Type: Article

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