Numerical wear study of metal-on-ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene-based cervical total disc arthroplasty by coupling finite element analysis and multi-body dynamics

In this study,the effects of in vivo(head flexion-extension,lateral bending,and axial rotation)and in vitro(ISO 18192-1)working conditions on the wear of ultrahigh mo-lecular weight polyethylene(UHWMPE)-based cervical disc prosthesis were studied via numerical simulation.A finite-element-based wear prediction framework was built by using a sliding distance and contact area dependent Archard wear law.Moreover,a pre-developed cervical spine multi-body dynamics model was incorporated to obtain the in vivo conditions.Contact mechanic analysis stated that in vitro conditions normally led to a higher contact stress and a longer sliding distance,with oval or crossing-path-typed sliding track.In contrast,in vivo conditions led to a curvilinear-typed sliding track.In general,the predicted in vivo wear rate was one order of magnitude smaller than that of in vitro.According to the yearly occurrence of head movement,the estimated total in vivo wear rate was 0.595 mg/annual.While,the wear rate given by the ISO standard test condition was 3.32 mg/annual.There is a significant impact of loading and kinematic condition on the wear of UHMWPE prosthesis.The work conducted in the present study provided a feasible way for quantitatively assessing the wear of joint prosthesis.

Study of corrosion mechanism of dawsonite led by CO_(2)partial pressure

The stability of dawsonite is an important factor affecting the feasibility evaluation of CO_(2)geological storage.In this paper,a series of experiments on the interaction of CO_(2)-water-dawsonite-bearing sandstone were carried out under different CO_(2)pressures.Considering the dissolution morphology and element composition of dawsonite after the experiment and the fluid evolution in equilibrium with dawsonite,the corrosion mechanism of dawsonite led by CO_(2)partial pressure was discussed.The CO_(2)fugacity of the vapor phase in the system was calculated using the Peng-Robinson equation of state combined with the van der Waals 1-fluid mixing rule.The experimental results indicated that the thermodynamic stability of dawsonite increased with the increase of CO_(2)partial pressure and decreased with the increase of temperature.The temperature at which dawsonite dissolution occurred was higher at higher f_(CO_(2)).There were two different ways to reduce dawsonite’s stability:the transformation of constituent elements and crystal structure damage.Dawsonite undergoes component element transformation and crystal structure damage under different CO_(2)pressures with certain temperature limits.Based on the comparison of the corrosion temperature of dawsonite,three corrosion evolution models of dawsonite under low,medium,and high CO_(2)pressures were summarized.Under conditions of medium and low CO_(2)pressure,as the temperature continued to increase and exceeded its stability limit,the dawsonite crystal structure was corroded first.Then the constituent elements of dawsonite dissolved,and the transformation of dawsonite to gibbsite began.At high CO_(2)pressure,the constituent elements of dawsonite dissolved first with the increase of temperature,forming gibbsite,followed by the corrosion of crystalline structure.