The Effect of Moisture Absorption on the Fatigue Crack Propagation Resistance of Acrylic Bone Cement

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 61-65

  Schmitt, Sabine ^a,b   Krzypow, D J ^a   Rimnac, C M ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrylic bone cement; Fatigue; Fluid environmental testing conditions; Fracture toughness; Moisture absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BONE CEMENT; CRACKS; DATA REDUCTION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION RESISTANCE; MOISTURE ABSORPTION;

CRACK INITIATION;

ACRYLIC CEMENT;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; FATIGUE; FRACTURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; RIGIDITY; TEMPERATURE; TENSION; VACUUM; WATER ABSORPTION; WEIGHT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 1842782336     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2004.012     Document Type: Article

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