Browsing Mechanical & Manufacturing Eng (Theses and Dissertations) by Subject "Biomechanical Engineering, Ph.D."

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  • A stochastic model of damage accumulation in acrylic bone cement : application to failure modelling of cemented hip replacement 

    Lennon, Alexander Benedict (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2003)
    Acrylic bone cement, used to fixate several forms of orthopaedic joint replacement prosthesis, has a variable fatigue resistance arising mainly from porosity. It is argued that deterministic modelling assumptions of ...

  • Biomechanical origins of osteoporosis 

    McNamara, Laoise Maria (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2004)
    The contention of this thesis is that a pathological change in bone tissue material properties during osteoporosis ahers the mechanical stimuli to bone remodelling cells and drives them to adapt the trabecular architecture ...

  • Design and development of a pre-clinical test for cemented femoral hip replacements 

    Maher, Suzanne Adele (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2000)
    Current state of the art testing methods do not allow implant performance to be assessed relative to known failure modes, prior to clinical use. Even clinically, it can take up to 5 years before implant performance can be ...

  • Hypothesis testing of glenoid component innovation in total shoulder arthroplasty 

    Murphy, Linda Ann (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2003)
    A glenoid component with reliable long-term performance does not exist for total shoulder arthroplasty. Poor glenoid component durability may be explained by the huge variability that exists at the shoulder joint ...