Evaluation of J-initiation fracture toughness of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene used in total joint replacements

Polymer Testing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 616-620

  Varadarajan, R ^a   Rimnac, C M ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

CTOD; Fracture toughness; Total joint replacement; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

FRACTURE SURFACE MEASUREMENTS; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 44449098615     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Rimnac C.M., Wright T.M., and Klein R.W. J integral measurements of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. Polym. Eng. Sci. 28 (1988) 1586-1589
2. Pascaud R.S., Evans W.T., McCullagh P.J., and Fitz Patrick D.P. Influence of gamma-irradiation sterilization and temperature on the fracture toughness of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene. Biomaterials 18 (1997) 727-735
3. Varadarajan R., and Rimnac C.M. Static fracture resistance of UHMWPE using single specimen normalization method. Polym. Test. 27 (2008) 260-268
4. Cole J.C., Lemons J.E., and Eberhardt A.W. Gamma irradiation alters fatigue-crack behavior and fracture toughness in 1900H and GUR 1050 UHMWPE. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 63 5 (2002) 559-566
5. Gomoll A., Wanich T., and Bellare A. J-integral fracture toughness and tearing modulus measurement of radiation cross-linked UHMWPE. J. Orthop. Res. 20 (2002) 1152-1156
6. ASTM. E1820-01 standard test method for measurement of fracture toughness. Annual Book of ASTM Standards (2001), ASTM, West Conshohocken
7. Pascaud R.S., and Evans W.T. Critical assessment of methods for evaluating Jic for a medical grade ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. Polym. Eng. Sci. 37 (1997) 11-17
8. Kobayashi H., Hirano K., Nakamura H., and Nakazawa H. A fractographic study on evaluation of fracture toughness. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference Fracture (1977)
9. Kurtz S. The UHMWPE Handbook (2004), Elsevier Academic press
10. R. Varadarajan, C.M. Rimnac, The effect of fluid absorption on the fatigue crack propagation resistance conventional and highly crosslinked UHMW polyethylenes for orthopaedic implants, in: Fatigue 2006, Ninth International Fatigue Congress, May 14-19, 2006, Atlanta, GA, p. 345.
11. Dapp E.K., and Rimnac C.M. Effect of precracking method on the static (J-Integral) fracture resistance of UHMW polyethylene. Transactions of ASME (1998)
12. Kurtz S.M., Herr M., Ciccarelli L., Bergstrom J., Rimnac C., and Edidin A. Thermomechanical behavior of virgin and highly cross-linked ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene used in total joint replacements. Biomaterials 23 (2002) 3681-3697
13. Kitano T., Ateshian G.A., Mow V.C., Kadova Y., and Yamano Y. Constituents and pH changes in protein rich hyaluronan solution affect the biotribological properties of artificial articular joints. J. Biomech. 34 8 (2001) 1031
14. ASTM. D6068-96 standard test method for determining J-R curves for plastic materials. Annual Book of ASTM Standards (1996), ASTM, West Conshohocken
15. Hashemi S., and Williams J.G. The effects of specimen configuration and notch tip radius on the fracture toughness of polymers using J-c. Plast. Rubbers Process Appl. 6 4 (1986)
16. Huang D.D., and Williams J.G. Fracture-toughness of impact modified polymers based on the J-integral-comments. Polym. Eng. Sci. 30 21 (1990) 1341-1344
17. Huang D.D., and Williams J.G. J. Testing toughened nylons. J. Mater. Sci. 22 7 (1987) 2503-2508
18. Mai Y.W., and Powell P. Essential work of fracture and J-integral measurements for ductile polymers. J. Polym. Sci. Part B Polym. Phys. 29 7 (1991) 785-793
19. Swei H., Crist B., and Carr S.H. The J integral fracture-toughness and damage zone morphology in polyethylenes. Polymer 32 8 (1991) 1440-1446
20. Varadarajan R., and Rimnac C.M. The effect of fluid environment and crack closure on the fatigue crack propagation resistance of conventional and highly crosslinked UHMW polyethylenes for orthopaedic implants. Ninth International Fatigue Conference, Atlanta (2006)