Biotribology J Paulo Davim by J. Paulo Davim 9781118557969, 9781848212756, 1118557964, 1848212755 instant download after payment.

Tribology is the “science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion” and encompasses the study of friction, wear and lubrication. By extension biotribology is usually defined as the tribological phenomena occurring in either the human body or in animals. Therefore, it is possible to consider tribological processes that may occur after implantation of an artificial device in the human body and the tribological processes naturally occurring in or on the tissues and organ of animals. Animals, including humans, possess a wide variety of sliding and frictional interfaces.

The authors aim to provide some advances in research in biotribology. They cover several aspects of biotribology such as tribology of synovial joints and artificial replacements; wear of screws and plates in bone fractures repair; wear of denture and restorative materials; friction of the skin and comfort of clothing; wear of replacement heart valves; tribology of contact lenses and ocular tribology; biotribology on the microscale and nanoscale levels, etc.

This book can be used as a research text for final undergraduate engineering courses (for example, materials, biomedical, etc.) or for those studying the subject of biotribology at the postgraduate level. It can also serve as a useful reference for academics, biomechanical researchers, biologists, chemists, physicists, biomedicals and materials engineers, and other professionals in related engineering, medicine and biomedical industries.

Content:
Chapter 1 Biotribology of Total Hip Replacement: The Metal?on?Metal Articulation (pages 1–49): J. Philippe Kretzer
Chapter 2 Experimental Wear Studies of Total Joint Replacements (pages 51–86): Claire Brockett and John Fisher
Chapter 3 Influence of Temperature on Creep and Deformation in UHMWPE under Tribological Loading in Artificial Joints (pages 87–142): Mathias Christian Galetz and Uwe Glatzel
Chapter 4 Large Capacity Wear Testing (pages 143–155): Vesa Saikko
Chapter 5 Biotribology of Titanium Alloys (pages 157–197): Yong Luo