Internal-external circumferential crack behaviour in the cement layer of total hip replacement

• Main Authors: Oshkour, A.A., Abu Osman, Noor Azuan, Yau, Y.H., Tarlochan, F., Pramanik, S., Wan Abas, Wan Abu Bakar
• Format: Article
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9522/; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879418172&partnerID=40&md5=8e1b890cba7cfc951a02bfc371e5aeab http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ffe.12026/abstract?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false http://onlinelibrary.wi

This study aimed to investigate crack behaviour at the internal and external surfaces of the cement layer in total hip replacement. A three-dimensional model of the femur with the cemented prosthesis was developed and analysed. Cracks were placed on the internal, external and both internal and exter...