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Swing Friction Behavior of the Contact Interface Between CoCrMo and UHMWPE Under Dynamic Loading

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CoCrMo alloy and UHMWPE have been widely used in knee joint prosthesis implantation materials. In this paper, swing friction behavior of the contact interface between CoCrMo alloy and UHMWPE is studied under dynamic loading. Swing friction characteristic and damage mechanism are discussed. The results show that swing friction coefficients increase with the rising of maximum normal load and swing angular amplitude. Unloading-standing could play alleviative roles in friction and wear to a large degree. As the cycle number gradually increases, the surface roughness of UHMWPE decreases, while the roughness of CoCrMo increases. During the swing friction, the main damage mechanism of CoCrMo is abrasive wear and the main damage mechanisms of UHMWPE are abrasive wear, fatigue wear and plastic deformation. Besides, it is easier to generate surface damages with small angle and heavy load.

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This research is supported by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20160257), China Postdoctoral Science Found (Grant No. 2015M580487), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51275514 and 51505478) and National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFC1101803).

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    Kai Chen, Dekun Zhang, Xuehui Yang, Xin Zhang, Qingliang Wang & Jianwei Qi

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Chen, K., Zhang, D., Yang, X. et al. Swing Friction Behavior of the Contact Interface Between CoCrMo and UHMWPE Under Dynamic Loading. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 25, 5400–5410 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-016-2360-5

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