Biotribology of Natural and Artificial Joints

Biotribology of Natural and Artificial Joints: Reducing Wear Through Material Selection and Geometric Design with Actual Lubrication Mode provides a thorough overview of key issues surrounding the tribological behaviors of both natural and artificial joints, covering methods for optimizing the properties of biomaterials, summarizing the lubrication and contact mechanics of natural and artificial joints, and offering solutions to tribological problems in soft biomaterials and surface failures of materials. Sections cover biomechanics and biotribology of natural and artificial joints, articular cartilage and synovial fluids, methods for improving the tribological properties of artificial joints, and the biotribology of artificial joints with artificial cartilage, regenerated cartilage, and biomimetic design solutions.

Autorentext
Professor Murakami has more than 40 years of research and teaching experience in the area of biotribology of human and artificial joints at Kyushu University (Japan), University of Leeds (UK), and Teikyo University (Japan). He has written 150 journal articles and 45 book chapters on biotribology and chaired the International Biotribology Forums for the 1st, 4th, 6th, and 8th International Biotribology Forums which were co-organized with the Japanese Society of Biotribologists.

Inhalt

Preface

1. Importance of Biotribology

2. Biomechanics of Human and Artificial Joints

3. Biotribology of Natural Joints

4. Biotribology of Artificial Joints

5. Biotribology of Artificial Joints with Artificial Cartilage

6. Biotribology of Regenerated Cartilage

7. Summarization and Future Directions of Biotribolgy of Human and Artificial Joints