Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 525-533 , July 2006

A comparative FEA of the debonding process in different concepts of cemented hip implants

  • M.A. Pérez

      Affiliations

    • Group of Structural Mechanics and Material Modelling, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, María de Luna 3, 50015 Zaragoza, Spain
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  • J.M. García-Aznar

      Affiliations

    • Group of Structural Mechanics and Material Modelling, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, María de Luna 3, 50015 Zaragoza, Spain
    • ,
  • M. Doblaré

      Affiliations

    • Group of Structural Mechanics and Material Modelling, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, María de Luna 3, 50015 Zaragoza, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 976 76 19 12; fax: +34 976 76 25 78.
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  • B. Seral

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology University Hospital of Zaragoza, Spain
    • ,
  • F. Seral

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology University Hospital of Zaragoza, Spain

Received 26 January 2005 ,Revised 26 July 2005 ,Accepted 28 September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.09.007

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 525-533 , July 2006

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