Notch sensitivity of titanium causing contradictory effects on locked nails and screws

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 454-460

  Hsu, Ching Chi ^a   Yongyut, Amaritsakul ^a   Chao, Ching Kong ^a   Lin, Jinn ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Locked nailing; Notch sensitivity; Stainless steel; Titanium

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; BIOMECHANICAL TESTS; CYCLIC BENDING; DESIGN PROCESS; FATIGUE LIFE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HOLE SIZE; INNER DIAMETERS; LOCKED NAILING; LOCKING SCREWS; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MECHANICAL TESTS; NOTCH SENSITIVITY; OUTER DIAMETERS; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; STAINLESS STEEL SCREWS; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTORS; STRUCTURAL FACTOR; YIELD LOAD;

BIOMECHANICS; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCREWS; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FATIGUE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTERLOCKING SCREW; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM;

EID: 77952875929     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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