Defect-induced fatigue microcrack formation in cement mantle

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 414-424

  Qi, Gang ^a,b   Li, Jihui ^a,b   Mouchon, W Paul ^a   Lewis, Gladius ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Acrylic bone cement; Microcrack formation; Stress intensity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACRYLICS; DEFECTS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MICROCRACKS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESSES;

ACRYLIC BONE CEMENT; FATIGUE MICROCRACKS; MICROCRACK FORMATION; STRESS INTENSITY;

CEMENTS;

ACRYLIC CEMENT; BONE CEMENT; PALACOS;

ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; DESTRUCTION; ENERGY; ENERGY TIME CURVE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATIGUE DAMAGE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROCRACK FORMATION; MORPHOLOGY; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL ENERGY; STABLE MICROCRACK; STRESS INTENSITY; TIME; UNSTABLE MICROCRACK;

ACOUSTICS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMUR; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 26844452804     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30446     Document Type: Article

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