Wear simulation of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene hip implants by incorporating the effects of cross-shear and contact pressure

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

Volumn 222, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1049-1064

  Kang, L ^a   Galvin, A L ^a   Brown, T D ^b   Fisher, J ^a   Jin, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

computational modelling; cross shear; multi directional pin on plate machine; ultra high molecular weight polyethylene; wear

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR SURFACES; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONTACT PRESSURES; CROSS-SHEAR; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; FEMORAL HEADS; HIP IMPLANTS; HIP JOINT SIMULATORS; HIP JOINTS; HIP SIMULATOR STUDIES; HIP SIMULATORS; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; PIN-ON-PLATE WEAR TESTER; PLATE TEST; SIMULATOR TESTING; SLIDING DISTANCES; UHMW-PE; VOLUMETRIC WEAR; WEAR FACTOR; WEAR MODEL; WEAR RATES; WEAR SIMULATION; PIN ON PLATES;

HIP PROSTHESES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHEARING MACHINES; SIMULATORS; THERMOPLASTICS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; SHEAR FLOW;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 58149295463     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM431     Document Type: Article

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