The influence of nominal stress on wear factors of carbon fibre-reinforced polyetheretherketone (PEEKOPTIMA® Wear Performance) against zirconia toughened alumina (Biolox® delta ceramic)

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

Volumn 228, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 587-592

  Evans, Andrew ^a   Horton, Henrietta ^b   Unsworth, Anthony ^c   Briscoe, Adam ^d  

^a MOTT MACDONALD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INVIBIO LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio composites; Biomaterials; Tribology of materials; Wear analysis testing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); REINFORCEMENT; ALUMINA; CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; ZIRCONIA;

ARTIFICIAL JOINT; BIO-COMPOSITES; FIBRE-REINFORCED; NOMINAL STRESS; NORMAL STRESS; WEAR ANALYSIS; WEAR PERFORMANCE; ZIRCONIA TOUGHENED ALUMINA; FIBRE REINFORCED; PIN ON PLATES;

CARBON FIBERS; POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 84905978897     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20413033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954411914538783     Document Type: Article

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