Comparison of numerical methods for elastohydrodynamic lubrication analysis of metal-on-metal hip implants: Multi-grid verses Newton-Raphson

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-140

  Gao, L M ^a   Meng, Q E ^b   Wang, F C ^a   Yang, P R ^b   Jin, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b QINGDAO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial hip joints; Fast Fourier transform; Metal on metal; Multi grid; Multi level multi integration; Newton Raphson

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HIP PROSTHESES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD;

MULTI-GRID TECHNIQUE; MULTI-LEVEL MULTI-INTEGRATION;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HIP PROSTHESES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD;

EID: 34247593558     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/13506501JET228     Document Type: Article

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