Study on surface texture patterns for improving tribological performance of bioimplants

SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY

卷:422

Article

Shen, Gang¹  Zhang, Jufan¹  Kang, Chengwei¹  Fang, Fengzhou^1,2 

[1] Univ Coll Dublin, Ctr Micro Nano Mfg Technol MNMT Dublin, Sch Mech & Mat Engn, Dublin 4, Ireland

[2] Tianjin Univ, State Key Lab Precis Measuring Technol & Instrume, Lab Micro Nano Mfg Technol MNMT, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China

关键词: Surface texturing;    Bioimplant;    Hydrodynamic pressure;    Second lubrication;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.surfcoat.2021.127567

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

A new surface texturing design was proposed for improving the tribological performance of bioimplants. Theoretical analysis was conducted to reveal the positive impact of round corner patterns. Experimental results indicated that round corner would significantly reduce the chance of interlocking phenomenon. Orthogonal experiments suggest that triangle pattern with 200 mu m side length, 8-10 mu m depth, 10% area density and square-distribution mode turns to be most effective in improving tribological performance of textured bioimplants, showing a 50% reduction in friction coefficient and 44.9% reduction in wear rate than that of polished samples. Working mechanisms of surface texturing in bioimplants were also comprehensively studied. It was confirmed that the extra lifting pressure provided by hydrodynamic effect was less than 1% of the ambient pressure. Further investigations proved that the negligible role of hydrodynamic pressure in the textured bioimplants was due to the low viscosity and slow sliding speed. On the other hand, the capacity to trap particles and second lubrication effect were found to be the main working mechanisms.

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