- See:
Characteristics of Metals and Implants:
- Fratigue Fracture:
- frx or break or a metal caused by repetitive applications of loads
in between the fatigue limit and the
Yield Strength;
- Fatigue Limit:
- load that a metal can endure indefinitely without bending or breaking
when subjected to cyclic bending;
- Fatigue Strength:
- maximum load that metal can withstand w/o fracturing when subjected to
10 million cyclic loads;
- it is sometimes referred to as the endurance limit;
- this is probably the most important characteristic of a femoral stem
because it determines ability of device to withstand long term
loading without fatigue fracture;
