The effect of cross-shear on the wear of virgin and highly-crosslinked polyethylene

Wear

Volumn 271, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1220-1223

  Korduba, L A ^a   Wang, A ^a  

^a STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Multi directional motion; UHMWPE; Wear

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTIES; CROSS-SHEAR; HIGHLY CROSS-LINKED POLYETHYLENE; LINEAR TRACKS; MOTION PATH; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL MOTION; PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SQUARE PATTERNS; WEAR RATES; WEAR TESTER;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR FLOW; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 79960692833     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2011.01.039     Document Type: Article

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