Authors: Dipankar Choudhury Robert Walker Taposh Roy Sweety Paul Rajshree Mootanah
Publish Date: 2013/10/05
Volume: 14, Issue: 10, Pages: 1847-1853
Abstract
Surface texture technique increases the tribological capability and performance of bearing surfaces This technology has a number of applications including car engines and golf balls However the use of texture surface in artificial hip joints has not been adequately explored The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of plateau honed surfaces on the tribological performance of metalonmetal hip joints Four sets of different plateau honed surfaces and a set of nontextured surface were investigated on a friction simulator with a lubricant having similar viscosity of pseudosynovial fluid The results showed 50 and 38 reductions in static and dynamic friction coefficient respectively for a honed surface honed surface 3 compared with those of a nontextured surface after 1 million cycles There was a number of wear signs including adhesive and fatigue wear in all of the experimental surfaces Nevertheless the wear signs in the honed surface 3 were minor Lubrication film thickness was thicker and third body abrasive wear assumed to reduce in the honed surface since wear debris removed through honed channel Therefore the performance of a welldesigned plateauhoned surface is significant in tribological aspects of metalonmetal hip joints
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