Contact mechanics and elastohydrodynamic lubrication in a novel metal-on-metal hip implant with an aspherical bearing surface

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 849-857

  Meng, Qingen ^a   Gao, Leiming ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Yang, Peiran ^b   Fisher, John ^a   Jin, Zhongmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b QINGDAO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspherical bearing surfaces; Contact mechanics; Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Metal on metal hip implants

Indexed keywords

ASPHERICAL; BEARING SURFACES; CONTACT MECHANICS; DIAMETRAL CLEARANCE; DRY CONTACT; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; HIP IMPLANTS; HYDRODYNAMIC PRESSURE; KEY FACTORS; LUBRICANT FILM THICKNESS; LUBRICATION PERFORMANCE; METAL-ON-METAL HIP IMPLANTS; SPHERICAL BEARINGS; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; STRUCTURAL SUPPORT; UNIFORM PRESSURE;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MECHANICS; METALS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOADING TEST; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LUBRICATION; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77549088281     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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