Fatigue failure analysis of a specific total hip prosthesis stem design

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1325-1332

  Griza, S ^a   Kwietniewski, C ^a   Tarnowski, G A ^a   Bertoni, F ^a   Reboh, Y ^a   Strohaecker, Telmo R ^a   Baumvol, Israel Jacob Rabin ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ASTM F 745; Fatigue; Finite element method; Stress raisers; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUCLEATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ASTM F-745; STRESS RAISERS; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY;

HIP PROSTHESES;

EID: 43549122324     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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