Validation of the small-punch test as a technique for characterizing the mechanical properties of acrylic bone cement

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

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-21

  Dunne, N J ^a   Leonard, D ^a   Daly, C ^a   Buchanan, F J ^a   Orr, J F ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrylic bone cement; And retrieved cement; Mechanical properties; Small punch test

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RESINS; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE; JOINT PROSTHESES;

ACRYLIC BONE CEMENT; ACRYLIC BONE RESIN; RETRIEVED CEMENT; SMALL PUNCH TEST;

BONE CEMENT;

BONE CEMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; POROSITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

BONE CEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS TESTS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POROSITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ACRYLIC BONE CEMENTS; ELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MINIATURE SPECIMENS; SMALL PUNCH TEST; TEST CONDITION; TEST TEMPERATURES; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84930412318     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 09544119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441105X68980     Document Type: Article

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