Effect of Negative Poisson's Ratios of Auxetic UHMWPE on the Contact Mechanics in Artificial Hip Joint Replacement

Abstract:

With the development of functional and structural materials, increasing interests have been shown in the field of biomaterials with a negative Poisson’s ratio (auxetic), which exhibit the unusual property of becoming thinner when compressed. This unusual property makes it potentially a synthetic replacement biomaterial with adequate mechanical property and wear resistance. In this study, the potential of applying the auxetic ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) for the artificial hip joint was discussed. The contact mechanics characteristics in artificial hip joint replacement under different Poisson's ratios of -1<μ≤0.5 were investigated and compared using the finite element method. The results show that Poisson’s ratio had great effect on the contact mechanics in artificial hip joint replacement. Therefore, the future work should focus on tailoring an auxetic UHMWPE with a suitable Poisson’s ratio for artificial hip joint replacements.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 399-401)
• Pages: 1559-1563
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.399-401.1559
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Fang Xie, Zuo Min Liu
• Keywords: Auxetic UHMWPE, Contact Mechanics, Finite Element Method (FEM)

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