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    Dynamic Computational Wear Model of Peek-On Bearing Couple in Total Hip Replacements
    (Elsevier, 2023) Alpkaya, Alican Tuncay; Mihçin, Şenay
    Understanding wear mechanisms is a key factor to prevent primary failures causing revision surgery in total hip replacement (THR) applications. This study introduces a wear prediction model of (Polyetheretherketone) PEEK-on-XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) bearing couple utilized to investigate the wear mechanism under 3D-gait cycle loading over 5 million cycles (Mc). A 32-mm PEEK femoral head and 4-mm thick XLPE bearing liner with a 3-mm PEEK shell are modeled in a 3D explicit finite element modeling (FEM) program. The volumetric and linear wear rates of XLPE liner per every million cycles were predicted as 1.965 mm3/Mc, and 0.0032 mm/Mc respectively. These results are consistent with the literature. PEEK-on-XLPE bearing couple exhibits a promising wear performance used in THR application. The wear pattern evolution of the model is similar to that of conventional polyethylene liners. Therefore, PEEK could be proposed as an alternative material to the CoCr head, especially used in XLPE-bearing couples. The wear prediction model could be utilized to improve the design parameters with the aim of prolonging the life span of hip implants. © 2023
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    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 10
    The Computational Approach To Predicting Wear: Comparison of Wear Performance of Cfr-Peek and Xlpe Liners in Total Hip Replacement
    (Taylor & Francis, 2022) Alpkaya, Alican Tuncay; Mihçin, Şenay
    Wear on articulating bearing surfaces is a key factor causing revision in total hip replacement (THR). Wear debris that releases particles from bearing surfaces might result in adverse soft tissue reactions requiring revision surgeries. In this study, a comprehensive computational wear model based on the Archard wear equation was performed to investigate the wear performance under a three-dimensional (3D) physiological gait cycle, mimicking a normal walking condition (5 million cycles). The study shows that the accuracy of the model is highly dependent on the mesh convergence, the wear fraction, and the scaling factor. The simulations were run to provide a vast amount of detail for the reproducibility of the work. Cobalt chromium (CoCr) on cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) and CoCr on carbon-fiber-reinforced polyether ether ketone (CFR-PEEK) prototype models were created in silico. The volumetric wear rates for CoCr-on-XLPE were calculated as 0.2989 (Formula presented.) for CoCr head and 21.0271 (Formula presented.) for XLPE liner, while for CoCr-on-CFR-PEEK they were 0.3484 (Formula presented.) for CoCr head and 1.8476 (Formula presented.) for CFR-PEEK liner. When compared to in vivo and in vitro studies, the wear patterns of these two prototypes are consistent with those of the conventional polyethylene liners in the literature. Although the volumetric wear rate of the CFR-PEEK liner is about 11 times lower than the counterpart of XLPE in MoP implants, the wear rate of CoCr was higher when compared to its use with XLPE. Therefore, CFR-PEEK articulating against orthopa\edic metals may not be as good an alternative as XLPE, due to higher indicative metallic wear. This detailed computational wear modeling methodology could be utilized in design improvements of implants.
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    Parametric Analysis for the Design of Hip Joint Replacement Simulators
    (IEEE, 2021) Torabnia, Shams; Mihçin, Şenay; Lazoğlu, İsmail
    The simulation of wear, between the components of artificial hip joint implants, is a complicated problem that does not have a robust analytical answer yet. Many studies have been conducted to predict the wear between the femur head and the acetabular cup, as the debris generated due to the wear might produce adverse effects after the surgery. Hip joint simulators provide a means to quantify the amount of wear in preclinical settings, as an in vitro method. However, this brings some other challenges in terms of bio-fidelity. The simulators use force and range of motion data as input and provide wear information as an output. For this reason, it is important to be able to simulate the realistic conditions, by the proper transmission of force and position controlling of the components. Many studies performed on wear simulators but none of them worked on the machine parameters such as power consumption and sensitivity to external inputs in detail. In this study, we perform a sensitivity analysis of the factors affecting the forces acting on the femur head. In silico simulations were performed by changing the values of acting force, friction coefficient, and radius of femur head to understand the effects of each parameter on the frictional moment of the joint. These analyses demonstrate the importance of using correct parameters while designing simulators, which accept flexible boundary conditions. The architecture of the hip simulator was also investigated for the first time. The results are expected to pave the way for improving the bio-fidelity of the simulators in the field of biomechanics. © 2021 IEEE.