Tribological properties of stainless steel for artificial hip joints

• Main Author: Hu, Kyle Guotuan.
• Other Authors: Liu Erjia
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/46107
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The study of tribology on artificial hip joints bearing surfaces has been carried out for many decades. The analysis of the tribological interactions at the bearing surfaces gave researchers many insights as to whether which combination of materials used were suitable for the application. Over the...