Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 604-609 , July 2010

Squeak in hip endoprosthesis systems: An experimental study and a numerical technique to analyze design variants

  • Cornelius Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Mechanics and Ocean Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, Eissendorfer Str. 42, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 40 42878 2280.
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  • Przemyslaw Gdaniec

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Mechanics and Ocean Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, Eissendorfer Str. 42, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Norbert P. Hoffmann

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Mechanics and Ocean Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, Eissendorfer Str. 42, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Arne Hothan

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Section, Hamburg University of Technology, Denickestr. 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Gerd Huber

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Section, Hamburg University of Technology, Denickestr. 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Michael M. Morlock

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Section, Hamburg University of Technology, Denickestr. 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany

Received 2 March 2009 ,Revised 23 December 2009 ,Accepted 11 February 2010.

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PII: S1350-4533(10)00027-5

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.02.006

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 604-609 , July 2010

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