In vivo, bone cement is subject to cyclic loading in a fluid environment. However, little is known about the effect of moisture absorption on the fatigue crack propagation resistance of bone cement...
Keywords: Acrylic bone cement, fracture toughness, fatigue, moisture absorption, fluid environmental testing conditions, Knochenzement, Rizhigkeit, Ermdung, Flssigkeitsaufnahme, feuchte Testbedingungen
03/2004 | Biomedizinische Technik, Walter de Gruyter