The integrity of welded interfaces in ultra high molecular weight polyethylene: Part 1 - Model

Biomaterials

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3178-3186

  Buckley, C Paul ^a   Wu, Junjie ^a,b   Haughie, David W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Citigroup Global Markets Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Fracture toughness; Interface; Joint replacement; Modelling; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

INTERFACE; JOINT REPLACEMENT; MODELLING;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MELTING POINT; MODEL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WELDING; WETTABILITY;

ADHESIVENESS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERS; POWDERS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644768123     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.01.030     Document Type: Article

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