Mechanical characterization of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene-hydroxyapatite nanocomposites

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-160

  Crowley, J ^a   Chalivendra, V B ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip replacement prosthesis; Hydroxyapatite; Knee prosthesis; Nanocomposite; Split Hopkinson pressure bar; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

APATITE; COMPRESSION TESTING; DATA COMPRESSION; HYDROXYAPATITE; JOINT PROSTHESES; METALLIC GLASS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHETICS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS; TITRATION;

DYNAMIC COMPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIP REPLACEMENT PROSTHESIS; HYDROXYAPATITE (HAP); JOINT IMPLANTS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LOADING RATES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NANO PARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITE; QUASI-STATIC; SPLIT HOPKINSON PRESSURE BAR; SPLIT HOPKINSON PRESSURE BAR TECHNIQUE; TEST METHODS; UHMWPE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

HYDROXYAPATITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURAPATITE; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS TESTS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 50249173829     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BME-2008-0518     Document Type: Article

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