Dynamic simulation of a displacement-controlled total knee replacement wear tester

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 669-681

  Lanovaz, J L ^a   Ellis, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Displacement control; Finite element method; Total knee replacement; Wear tester

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT MECHANICS; CONTROL INPUTS; CONTROL PARAMETERS; CONVERGENCE SIMULATION; DISPLACEMENT CONTROL; DYNAMIC FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FEM MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING SYSTEMS; PRESSURE SENSITIVE FILMS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SIMULATION RESULT; TEST CYCLES; TESTING PROTOCOLS; TIBIAL COMPONENT; TKR WEAR; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WAVE FORMS; WEAR TEST; WEAR TESTER; WEAR-TESTING;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL TESTING; SIMULATORS; ARTHROPLASTY; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; FRICTION; KNEE PROSTHESES;

JOINT PROSTHESES; DISPLACEMENT CONTROL;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 54749109187     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM366     Document Type: Article

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