Crack initiation processes in acrylic bone cement

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1088-1097

  Sinnett Jones, P E ^a   Browne, M ^a   Moffat, A J ^a   Jeffers, J R T ^a   Saffari, N ^b   Buffiere, J Y ^c   Sinclair, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Crack initiation; Mechanical performance; Nondestructive testing and evaluation; PMMA; Synchrotron microtomography

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC BONE CEMENTS; CLAMPING EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FATIGUE FAILURES; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IN-VIVO; INITIATION PROCESS; INTERNAL DEFECTS; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION; PMMA; PORE MORPHOLOGY; SYNCHROTRON MICROTOMOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE;

AGGLOMERATION; BONE; BONE CEMENT; CEMENTS; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; SYNCHROTRONS;

CRACKS;

ACRYLIC CEMENT; BARIUM SULFATE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; RADIOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS; SYNCHROTRON; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 66249111137     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32037     Document Type: Article

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