Comparison of the fatigue behaviour of two different forms of PMMA

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-269

  Hoey, D ^a   Taylor, D ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Critical distance; Fatigue; PMMA; Porosity; Stress concentrations

Indexed keywords

BONE; CEMENTS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; GLASS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); POROSITY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SURGERY; WELDS;

ACRYLIC GLASS; AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; ARTIFICIAL IMPLANTS; CRITICAL DISTANCE; DESIGN FEATURES; FATIGUE; FATIGUE BEHAVIOURS; FATIGUE STRENGTHS; NEGATIVE INFLUENCES; NOTCHED SPECIMENS; PMMA; POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE; SURGICAL OPERATIONS; THEORY OF CRITICAL DISTANCES;

BONE CEMENT;

EID: 63149144523     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2009.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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