Elastohydrodynamic lubrication in 'soft-on-soft' natural synovial joints; 'hard-on-soft' cushion and 'hard-on-hard' metal-on-metal total joint replacements

Solid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 134, Issue , 2006, Pages 297-308

  Dowson, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary lubrication; Compliant cushion joints; Elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL); Metal on metal total joint replacements; Mixed lubrication; Synovial joints

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LUBRICATIONS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATIONS (EHL); MIXED LUBRICATION; SYNOVIAL JOINTS; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT;

DESIGN; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; HIP PROSTHESES; METALS;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 84884894632     PISSN: 09250042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4533-6_21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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