Contact mechanics and lubrication analyses of ceramic-on-metal total hip replacements

Tribology International

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-60

  Meng, Qingen ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Fisher, John ^a   Jin, Zhongmin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ceramic on metal (CoM); Contact mechanics; Lubrication; Total hip replacement (THR)

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; HIP PROSTHESES; LUBRICATION; MECHANICS;

CERAMIC-ON-METAL (COM); CONTACT MECHANICS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATIONS (EHL); FLUID-FILM LUBRICATION; LUBRICATION ANALYSIS; LUBRICATION PERFORMANCE; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (THR); TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 84884815347     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2012.02.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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