Normalization of load and clearance effects in ball-in-socket-like replacements.
A normalizing loading parameter useful in summarising the mechanical response of plane pin-in-plate-like contacts is extended to axisymmetric ball-in-socket-like contacts. An example addressing a compliant layered artificial hip joint is presented, and the usefulness of the normalizing loading parameter is evidenced.
Ciavarella
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CEMEC-PoliBa, Bari, Italy.
Strozzi
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Baldini
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Giacopini
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D003198:Computer Simulation; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009038:Motion; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016474:Weight-Bearing