id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt k3569309374 Erin Michele Johnson Tribology of Large Diameter Head Total Hip Devices 2014 .txt text/plain 343 16 32 Finally, using wear equations and film parameter estimations, wear factor as a function of film parameter was calculated, resulting in distinct regions for particular bearing technologies, providing initial data for establishing formulas to calculate wear factor values for these bearings. Contact mechanics of these bearings confirmed that careful selection of design parameters, such as material, diameter, clearance, and surface roughness is needed in the design of the bearings in order to balance the magnitude and distribution of the contact pressure between the articulating surfaces, with surface roughness identified as a primary driver of film parameter and clearance as a primary driver of film thickness. cache/k3569309374.txt txt/k3569309374.txt