Effect of 3D physiological loading and motion on elastohydrodynamic lubrication of metal-on-metal total hip replacements

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 720-729

  Gao, Leiming ^a   Wang, Fengcai ^b   Yang, Peiran ^c   Jin, Zhongmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c QINGDAO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL); Metal on metal; Three dimensional loading and motion; Total hip replacement; Transient

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTACT AREAS; EDGE CONTACTS; FILM THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION; FLEXION-EXTENSION; FULL NUMERICAL SOLUTION; GAIT CYCLES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HIP IMPLANTS; HIP SIMULATORS; HORIZONTAL LOADS; HORIZONTAL TRANSLATION; LOAD COMPONENTS; LUBRICATION FILMS; LUBRICATION PERFORMANCE; METAL-ON-METAL; MULTIGRID METHODS; OPERATING CONDITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SMALL VARIATIONS; SPECIFIC LOADING; SPHERICAL COORDINATES; SQUEEZE FILM EFFECTS; SQUEEZE FILMS; STEADY STATE; TIME-DEPENDENT; TOTAL HIP IMPLANTS; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENTS;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HIP PROSTHESES; LOADING; MAGNETIC FILMS; METALS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; STRESS ANALYSIS; THICKNESS CONTROL; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; GAIT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINESIOLOGY; LUBRICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUBRICATION; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 67549137571     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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