Lubrication and friction prediction in metal-on-metal hip implants

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1277-1293

  Wang, F C ^a,b,c   Brockett, C ^a   Williams, S ^a   Udofia, I ^a   Fisher, J ^a   Jin, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILM THICKNESS; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTEINS;

BALL-IN-SOCKET CONFIGURATION; FRICTIONAL TORQUE; METAL-ON-METAL HIP REPLACEMENT; VISCOUS SHEARING;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

METAL;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; FEMUR HEAD; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; LIQUID; LUBRICATION; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; THICKNESS; TORQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

FRICTION; HIP; HIP JOINT; LUBRICATION; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PRESSURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42649145383     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/5/008     Document Type: Article

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