Abstract: Pitting wear is a dominant form of polyethylene surface damage in total knee replacements, and may originate from surface cracks that propagate under repeated tribological contact. In the present ...

Abstract: An analytical model of two elastic spheres with two elastic layers in normal, frictionless contact is developed which simulates contact of articulating joints, and allows for the calculation of ...

Abstract: The stress distribution in the region of contact between a layered elastic sphere and a layered elastic cavity is determined using an analytical model to simulate contact of articulating joints. ...