?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F219%2F&rft.title=Stryker+Osteonics%3A+Prosthetic+Knee+Joint&rft.creator=Hjorth%2C+P.G.&rft.creator=King%2C+J.&rft.creator=Korobeinikov%2C+A.&rft.creator=Mason%2C+J.&rft.creator=McKee%2C+S.&rft.creator=Wilson%2C+S.&rft.subject=Materials&rft.subject=Medical+and+pharmaceutical&rft.description=We+examine%2C+within+a+simple+bearing+model+of+a+knee+joint+that+only+consideres+pure+sliding%2C+the+effect+of+the+presence+of+a+small+vertical+hole+in+the+load+area+on+the+fluid+film+properties.+The+calculations+indicate+that+fluid+is+entrapped+in+such+a+hole%2C+which%2C+for+constant+load%2C+causes+a+smaller+minimal+film+separation+of+the+two+surfaces.%0D%0AThis+will+lower+the+horizontal+friction%2C+but+may+also+bring+about+surface+contact+in+high+load+situations.&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F219%2F1%2FStryker_Report.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hjorth%2C+P.G.+and+King%2C+J.+and+Korobeinikov%2C+A.+and+Mason%2C+J.+and+McKee%2C+S.+and+Wilson%2C+S.++(2008)+Stryker+Osteonics%3A+Prosthetic+Knee+Joint.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++