Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 540-546 , July 2001

Contact stress on polyethylene components of a new rotating hinge with a spherical contact surface

  • Rong-Sen Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
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  • Huei-Jeng Lin

      Affiliations

    • Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 73 Chou-Shan Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Received 13 July 2000 ,Accepted 7 March 2001.

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Clinical Biomechanics
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