کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5020346 1469068 2018 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Viscoplastic crack initiation and propagation in crosslinked UHMWPE from clinically relevant notches up to 0.5 mm radius
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
آغاز و انتشار ترکيب کپسولاسيون در UHMWPE متخلخل از نقاط مربوط به باليني تا شعاع 0.5 ميليمتر
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه سایر رشته های مهندسی مهندسی پزشکی
چکیده انگلیسی

Highly crosslinked UHMWPE is now the material of choice for hard-on-soft bearing couples in total joint replacements. However, the fracture resistance of the polymer remains a design concern for increased longevity of the components in vivo. Fracture research utilizing the traditional linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) or elastic plastic fracture mechanics (EPFM) approach has not yielded a definite failure criterion for UHMWPE. Therefore, an advanced viscous fracture model has been applied to various notched compact tension specimen geometries to estimate the fracture resistance of the polymer. Two generic crosslinked UHMWPE formulations (remelted 65 kGy and remelted 100 kGy) were analyzed in this study using notched test specimens with three different notch radii under static loading conditions. The results suggest that the viscous fracture model can be applied to crosslinked UHMWPE and a single value of critical energy governs crack initiation and propagation in the material. To our knowledge, this is one of the first studies to implement a mechanistic approach to study crack initiation and propagation in UHMWPE for a range of clinically relevant stress-concentration geometries. It is believed that a combination of structural analysis of components and material parameter quantification is a path to effective failure prediction in UHMWPE total joint replacement components, though additional testing is needed to verify the rigor of this approach.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials - Volume 77, January 2018, Pages 73-77
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