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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Tribology of Natural and Artificial Joints; Copyright Page; Acknowledgement; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. A survey of joint replacement failures and the role of wear; Chapter 2. The structure, friction and wear of natural joints; Chapter 3. The lubrication of natural joints; Chapter 4. Conditions in the body; Chapter 5. General considerations in friction and wear measurement; Chapter 6. The role of statistics in wear data evaluation; Chapter 7. Friction and wear of materials on laboratory testing machines; Chapter 8. The evaluation of prostheses on joint simulators.