Liu, C. and Green, S. M. and Watkins, N. D. and Gregg, P. J. and McCaskie, A. W. (2002) Effect of restraint on the creep behavior of clinical bone cement. Journal of Materials Science Letters, 21 (12). pp. 959-962. ISSN 0261-8028
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Bone cement creep behavior was studied using commercial available clinical bone cement. Creep deformation was measured using a micrometer with a resolution of 1 μm. It was demonstrated that the restraint has a very strong effect on the creep of bone cement, half-restrained specimens creep more than that of fully restrained specimens. The creep of the investigated bone cement increased with the dynamic loading cycles, and two creep stages, a high initial creep rate followed by a steady creep stage, can be identified. The relationship between the creep deformation and the loading cycles was expressed by a single logarithmic model.