The effect of cement stiffness and tibia tray material on the stresses developed in artificial knee

International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 120-125

  Darwish, S M ^a   Al Samhan, A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Artificial knee design; Finite element stress analysis; Stress distribution

Indexed keywords

BONE; BONE CEMENT; ELASTIC MODULI; POLYETHYLENES; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ARTIFICIAL KNEE DESIGN; ARTIFICIAL KNEE REPLACEMENTS; CEMENT LAYERS; CEMENT STIFFNESS; FINITE ELEMENT STRESS ANALYSIS; TIBIA TRAY MATERIALS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

EID: 38349178796     PISSN: 01437496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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