Design of a wear test device for testing of hip joint replacement

• Main Author: Gan, Dexter Wei Shyan
• Other Authors: Liu Erjia
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Nanotechnology; DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45893
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Interest in the rheology and effects of interacting surfaces is as ancient as man. This subject can be represented by a recently coined word: tribology. Wear of total hip prosthesis is a significant clinical problem that involves, nowadays, a too high a number of patients. In order to acquire furthe...