A general elastohydrodynamic lubrication analysis of artificial hip joints employing a compliant layered socket under steady state rotation

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

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 283-291

  Wang, F C ^a   Liu, F ^a   Jin, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial hip joint; Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Hip resurfacing prosthesis; Polyurethane; Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene

Indexed keywords

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYURETHANES; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; FILM THICKNESS; HIP PROSTHESES; JOINT PROSTHESES; LUBRICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

HIP RESURFACING PROSTHESIS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

HIP PROSTHESES; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; ELASTICITY EQUATIONS; HIP JOINT REPLACEMENT; HIP RESURFACING PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATING FILMS; NUMERICAL METHODOLOGIES; OPERATING CONDITION; TOTAL HIP JOINT REPLACEMENTS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FLOW KINETICS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LUBRICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 16544381114     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411041932836     Document Type: Article

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