A new formulation for the prediction of polyethylene wear in artificial hip joints

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-24

  Liu, F ^a   Galvin, A ^a   Jin, Z ^a   Fisher, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

artificial hip joints; ultra high molecular weight polyethylene; wear mechanism; wear prediction

Indexed keywords

ARCHARD'S LAW; ARTIFICIAL HIP JOINT; ARTIFICIAL JOINT; BEARING SURFACES; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT PRESSURES; CONVENTIONAL POLYETHYLENES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HEAD SIZE; HIP JOINT SIMULATORS; HIP JOINTS; JOINT DISEASE; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; OPTIMIZE DESIGN; POLYETHYLENE WEAR; POLYMER BEARINGS; SLIDING DISTANCES; UHMW-PE; WEAR COEFFICIENT; WEAR FACTOR; WEAR LAW; WEAR MECHANISM; WEAR MECHANISMS; WEAR PREDICTION; WEAR RATES; WEAR VOLUME;

FORECASTING; HIP PROSTHESES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; THERMOPLASTICS; TRIBOLOGY; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STATISTICS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 79551661966     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM819     Document Type: Article

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