Acetabular metal backed fatigue due to severe wear before revision

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2036-2042

  Griza, S ^a   Ce A N ^a   Silva, E P ^a   Bertoni, F ^a   Reguly, A ^a   Strohaecker, T R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Failure analysis; Fatigue; Metal backed; Total hip arthroplasty; Wear

Indexed keywords

ACETABULAR COMPONENTS; BEARING ELEMENTS; CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES; EXTREME CASE; FATIGUE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM STRESS; METAL WEAR; MIDDLE SECTION; POLYMER LINERS; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; UHMW-PE; WALL REDUCTION; WEAR; WEAR DEBRIS;

BONE; DEBRIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; METALS; POLYMERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; STRESS CONCENTRATION; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

METAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649622584     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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