Improvement of the fatigue life of titanium alloys for biomedical devices through microstructural control

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-488

  Niinomi, Mitsuo ^a   Akahori, Toshikazu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomedical devices; Crack initiation; Crack propagation; Fatigue limit; Fretting fatigue; Mechanical biocompatibility; Mechanical properties; Notch fatigue; Plain fatigue; Young's modulus; type titanium alloys

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; MOLYBDENUM; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); RINGER SOLUTION; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; BETA TITANIUM;

BONE PLATE; CORROSION; CYTOTOXICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; REVIEW; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MATERIALS TESTING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 77954231410     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.10.16     Document Type: Review

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