In-body corrosion fatigue failure of a stainless steel orthopaedic implant with a rare collection of different damage mechanisms

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1205-1217

  Amel Farzad, H ^a   Peivandi, M T ^b   Yusof Sani, S M R ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corrosion fatigue; Crevice corrosion; Failure analysis; Stainless steel orthopaedic implant

Indexed keywords

CORROSION FATIGUE; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; FRACTOGRAPHY; HARDNESS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; ORTHOPEDICS; PITTING;

CREVICE CORROSION; INTERGRANULAR SURFACE CRACKING; ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANT;

STAINLESS STEEL;

CORROSION FATIGUE; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; FRACTOGRAPHY; HARDNESS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; ORTHOPEDICS; PITTING; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 34247630078     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2006.11.037     Document Type: Article

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