Experimental and numerical studies of the notch strengthening behaviour of semi-crystalline ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1117-1129

  Fouad, H ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Finite element; Notch geometry; Notch strengthening; Stress triaxiality; Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL JOINT; CRYSTALLINITIES; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; MATERIAL FRACTURE; NOTCH GEOMETRY; NOTCH RADII; NOTCHED SPECIMENS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; QUASI-STATIC CONDITIONS; SEM; SEMICRYSTALLINES; STRESS TRIAXIALITY; STRESS/STRAIN; TRIAXIAL STATE OF STRESS; UHMW-PE; ULTIMATE PROPERTIES; UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINES; YIELD PROPERTIES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; STRENGTHENING (METAL); THERMOPLASTICS;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 72049106373     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.09.042     Document Type: Article

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