Lubrication modelling of artificial HIP joints: From fluid film to boundary lubrication regimes

Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2004

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 605-611

  Wang, Fengcai ^a   Jin, Zhongmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial hip joint; Mixed lubrication; Spherical FFT

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LUBRICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TISSUE;

DRY CONTACT ANALYSIS; FILM THICKNESS; FLUID FILMS; LUBRICATION MODELING;

HIP PROSTHESES;

EID: 8844224133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/esda2004-58077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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