Prediction of Durability of Human Hip Joint Implants by Matlab

Authors

  • J. Nagaraju
  • P.V.S.M. Kumar
  • M. Kedar Mallik
  • Y. Pratapa Reddy

Abstract

Hip joint of a human body is one of the important joints, failure of which causes pain and in-convenience to the routine life. The failure may be due to worn-out joint or breakage becauseof accident etc. The failed hip joint may be replaced with artificial implant. The life of implantdepends on different factors like the loads born by the joint, properties of material used etc.The present investigation is an attempt to simulate the artificial hip joint of human being byMATLAB and to analyze the results obtained, by using different materials like titanium andceramics. The results reveal that the life of implant improves when the coefficient of friction isreduced between contact surfaces by the usage of ceramic and titanium materials. Maximumlife of implant was obtained when the implant was made with titanium in combination withAl2O3.Keywords: Hip joint, MATLAB, coefficient of friction, stresses, ceramic, titaniumNagaraju J, Kumar PVSM, Kedar MallikM et al. Prediction of Durability ofHuman Hip Joint Implants by Matlab.Research & Reviews: A Journal of LifeSciences. 2017; 7(2): 27–34p.

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2017-09-05

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2017)

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