Research Article

Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene in Total Hip and Knee Replacement: Spatial Distribution of Molecular Orientation and Shape Recovery Behavior

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(a) Schematic of the selected measurement sections and definition of inplane rotation angle, , for XLPE hip and knee components. (b) Schematic of our choice of Cartesian reference systems and of the Euler angles governing their rotations in space, as explained in the text (Section 2.3.2).
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