ISSN:
1045-4861
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
,
Technology
Notes:
Cantilever beam and four-point bend specimen geometries were used to experimentally determine the critical energy release rates for a plasma sprayed hydroxylapatite-titanium alloy (HA-Ti alloy) interface. A locus of energy release rates as a function of crack tip phase angle was determined where a 0° phase angle represented tensile opening (mode I) loading and a 90° phase angle represented in-plane shear (mode II) loading. Energy release rates were found to increase substantially with an increase in phase angle. An energy release rate of 0.108 N/mm was determined for a phase angle of 0° (mode I). Energy release rates of 0.221, 0.686, and 1.212 N/mm were determined for phase angles of 66°, 69°, and 72°, respectively. The experimental data was matched to a phenomenological model for which crack propagation depended on mode I loading alone indicating that crack propagation at the Ha-Ti alloy interface is dominated by the mode I loading alone indicating that crack propagation at the Ha-Ti alloy interface is dominated by the mode I loading component. Therefore, regions of HA coated implants that experience compressive or shear loading across the HA-Ti alloy interface may be much less likely to debond than regions that experience tensile loading. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jab.770050403
