Publication detail

An experimental investigation of lubricant film formation in artificial hip joints

NEČAS, D. VRBKA, M. URBAN, F. KŘUPKA, I. HARTL, M. GALLO, J.

Original Title

An experimental investigation of lubricant film formation in artificial hip joints

Type

abstract

Language

English

Original Abstract

Durability of artificial hip joints is one of the most challenging task in the area of biotribology. As the number of surgeries still increases, it is necessary to better understand lubrication performance of replacements to avoid wear of rubbing surfaces eventually leading to implant failure. Although several studies provided satisfactory analysis about the wear, little is known about the lubrication mechanisms inside the contact. Therefore the motivation of our study is to better understand synovial fluid lubrication mechanisms in hip joint replacements.

Keywords

Hip replacements, synovial fluid, film thickness, protein solu-tions, lubrication mechanisms

Authors

NEČAS, D.; VRBKA, M.; URBAN, F.; KŘUPKA, I.; HARTL, M.; GALLO, J.

Released

21. 9. 2015

Location

Yokohama

Pages from

73

Pages to

74

Pages count

2

BibTex

@misc{BUT118050,
  author="NEČAS, D. and VRBKA, M. and URBAN, F. and KŘUPKA, I. and HARTL, M. and GALLO, J.",
  title="An experimental investigation of lubricant film formation in artificial hip joints",
  booktitle="Proceedings of The 8th International Biotribology Forum and The 36th Biotribology Symposium",
  year="2015",
  pages="73--74",
  address="Yokohama",
  note="abstract"
}