Analysis of temperature and aging effects on biomedical ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene's grades using a viscoelastic model

Polymer Testing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 641-650

  Guedes, Rui Miranda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Dynamic mechanical and thermal analysis (DMTA); Time temperature superposition principle (TTSP); Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE); Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

AGING EFFECTS; DYNAMIC DATA; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MODULI; FREQUENCY RANGES; MEDICAL GRADES; MODEL DYNAMICS; REFERENCE TEMPERATURE; SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLE; TIME-TEMPERATURE SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLES; VERTICAL SHIFT; VISCOELASTIC MODELS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MODELS; DYNAMICS; HIP PROSTHESES; MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 79958140409     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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