The effect of 'running-in' on the tribology and surface morphology of metal-on-metal Birmingham hip resurfacing device in simulator studies

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-277

  Vassiliou, K ^a   Elfick, A P D ^a,b   Scholes, S C ^a   Unsworth, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lubrication; Metal on metal resurfacing; Running in; Simulator study; Wear

Indexed keywords

HARD FACING; LUBRICATION; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACES; TRIBOLOGY; VISCOSITY; WEAR OF MATERIALS; FRICTION; SIMULATORS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BIRMINGHAM DEVICE; FRICTION SIMULATOR; HIP RESURFACING; HIP WEAR SIMULATOR; METAL-ON-METAL RESURFACING; WEAR RATE; BOUNDARY LUBRICATIONS; FRICTION TEST; METAL-ON-METAL; MIXED LUBRICATION; RUNNING-IN; STRIBECK CURVE; WEAR SIMULATORS;

HIP PROSTHESES; METALS;

BIOMATERIAL; METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33645216349     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 09544119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119jeim63     Document Type: Article

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