Changes in the contact area during the bedding-in wear of different sizes of metal on metal hip prostheses

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-149

  Hu, X Q ^a   Isaac, G H ^b   Fisher, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Synthes Technical Center   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact area; Hip prostheses; Metal on metal; Wear

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONTACT ANGLE; LUBRICATION; STRESSES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BEDDING; WEAR RATE;

HIP PROSTHESES;

BIOMATERIAL; METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; GEOMETRY; HIP PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 2542607724     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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