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3.8 Appendix: useful tables
Table 3.2 highlights a number of key ASTM and ISO standards with rele-
vance to experimental investigations into implant wear and testing of bio-
materials. Although the focus of such standards is on experimental investi-
gation, it is highly valuable for the numerical modeller to understand these
standards, in order to interpret experimental results, or recreate experimen-
tal conditions in a numerical simulator. The list is indicative of the material
available, and not exhaustive.
Since the implementation of Archard’s wear algorithm within a