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Modelling fatigue of bone cement
A. B. LENNON , Queen’s University Belfast, UK
DOI : 10.1533/9780857096739.3.305
Abstract : Accurate models of cement and interface fatigue are
essential if computationally assessing risk of aseptic loosening of
cemented joint replacements is to become clinically relevant. A series of
approaches will be presented that attempt to model several aspects of
bone cement fatigue relevant to predicting cemented joint replacement
failure. Failure models for homogeneous (bulk) bone cement and
its interface with implant and host tissue are reviewed. Variability