Friction moments of large metal-on-metal hip joint bearings and other modern designs

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1057-1064

  Bishop, N E ^a   Waldow, F ^a   Morlock, M M ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetabulum; Bearing; Friction; Hip; Moment; Tribology

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BODY FLUIDS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERMETS; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESES; JOINT PROSTHESES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE INTERFACES; STANDARDS; THERMOPLASTICS;

ACETABULUM; BEARING; HIP; HIP JOINTS; JOINT LOADS; JOINT MOMENTS; LARGE DIAMETER; LOAD CYCLING; LOADING FREQUENCIES; METAL BEARINGS; METAL-ON-METAL; MOMENT; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; SMALL DIAMETER; SWING PHASE; TEST APPARATUS; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR PROBLEMS;

METALS;

LUBRICATING AGENT; METAL; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; FRICTION; JOINT FUNCTION; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; METALS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 53049104576     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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