Contact mechanics analysis of metal-on-metal hip resurfacing prostheses

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

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 293-305

  Udofia, I J ^a   Yew, A ^a   Jin, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact mechanics; Finite element method; Hip resurfacing prosthesis; Metal on metal; Stress shielding

Indexed keywords

BONE; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STRESSES; BONE CEMENT; DEFORMATION; HIP PROSTHESES; MECHANICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROSTHETICS; SHIELDING;

BONE QUALITY; HIP RESURFACING PROSTHESIS; METAL-ON-METAL; STRESS SHIELDING;

HIP PROSTHESES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICULATING SURFACES; CONTACT MECHANICS; CONTACT PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; CONTACT PRESSURES; HIP RESURFACING PROSTHESIS; METAL-ON-METAL; STRESS SHIELDING; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (THR);

METAL; VITALLIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VITALLIUM;

EID: 16544389414     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411041932854     Document Type: Article

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