Appropriate radial clearance of ceramic-on-ceramic total hip prostheses to realize squeeze-film lubrication

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 362-369

  Mabuchi, Kiyoshi ^a   Sakai, Rina ^a   Ota, Michi ^a   Ujihira, Masanobu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Film thickness; Radial clearance; Squeeze film; Total hip prosthesis

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LUBRICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DESIGN PARAMETERS; SQUEEZE FILM LUBRICATION; WALKING CONDITIONS;

HIP PROSTHESES;

ARTICLE; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CLEARANCE; ELASTICITY; FILM; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; THICKNESS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WALKING;

CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LUBRICATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SYNOVIAL FLUID; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 1942486770     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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