Quantitative analysis of the effect of porosity on the fatigue strength of bone cement

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 719-726

  Hoey, David ^a   Taylor, David ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bone cement; Critical distance; Pore distribution; Pore size; Porosity

Indexed keywords

BONE; BONE CEMENT; CRACK TIPS; DISPERSIONS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ACCURACY ERRORS; CEMENT SAMPLE; COMPLEX SHAPES; CRITICAL DISTANCE; FATIGUE AND FRACTURES; FATIGUE STRENGTH; HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUE STRENGTH; MIXED MATERIALS; PORES DISTRIBUTION; THEORY OF CRITICAL DISTANCES;

PORE SIZE;

BONE CEMENT;

ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; FRACTURE; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 57849146458     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.08.024     Document Type: Article

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