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Chapter and Conference Paper
Diamond Coating of Hip Joint Replacement: Improvement of Durability
Despite the success of surgical implants such as artificial hip, materials used in these procedures still do not satisfy the demands of human life time functioning. Currently used materials such as titanium al...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Numerical and experimental studies of damage in porous materials
Metallic foams comprise a steadily growing group of porous materials and are gaining more and more importance in industrial applications. Main advantages of this innovative material are high ability of energy ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Influence of the morphology of adhesive joining on the mechanical properties of periodic metal hollow-sphere-structures
Hollow-sphere-structures (HSS) originate a new group of cellular materials characterised by a high reproducibility of geometry and therefore mechanical properties. Well-known advantages of cellular materials a...