Laboratory of Polymeric Bearing Modeling, Characterization, and Simulation

9871943聚合物轴承建模、表征和仿真的LaBerge实验室本研究项目将在南卡罗来纳州内建立一个合作科学和技术研究实验室，重点研究聚合物轴承的摩擦学性能。该实验室由克莱姆森大学和南卡罗来纳州医科大学在南卡罗来纳州生物工程联盟的赞助下共同开发。它将研究在传统和骨科关节面中观察到的聚合物磨损。在24个月的奖励期内，将在咨询委员会的指导下，通过实验室研究人员之间的团队合作，对控制聚合物轴承表面性能的机械、化学和生物物理过程有更基本的了解。这一重大的研发问题将在微观和宏观尺度上进行计算建模和实验。通过与工业咨询委员会成员保持密切合作和沟通，开发的模型和实验分析和测试方法将向工业部门推销。项目结果将用于分析聚合物磨损，并预测现有人工关节以及替代关节面材料的临床发生率。本实验室开发的分析和实验能力也将扩展到其他聚合物轴承应用和材料的研究，例如汽车和纺织工业中常用的材料，这些材料代表了南卡罗来纳州的重要经济部门。这个独特的实验室的长期目标是提供预测聚合物磨损临床发生率所需的先进研究工具。

9871943 LaBerge Laboratory of Polymeric Bearing Modeling, Characterization, and Simulation This research project will establish a Cooperative Science and Technology Research Laboratory within the State of South Carolina focused on the tribological performance of polymeric bearings. The Laboratory is being developed jointly at Clemson University and the Medical University of South Carolina under the auspices of the Bioengineering Alliance of South Carolina. It will study polymeric wear observed in conventional and orthopedic bearings. Within the 24-month award period a more fundamental understanding of the mechanical, chemical and biological physical processes, which control the performance of polymeric bearing surfaces, will be developed through team work between the investigators of the Laboratory under the guidance of an advisory board. This significant R&D problem will be addressed at the microscopic and macroscopic scales for both for computational modeling and experiments. By maintaining a close collaboration and communication with the members of an industrial advisory board, the models and experimental analysis and testing methodology developed will be marketed to the industrial sector. Project results will be applied to analysis of polymeric wear and to the prediction of its clinical occurrence with existing artificial joints, as well as with alternative bearing materials. The analysis and experimental capabilities developed in this Laboratory will also be extended to the study of other polymeric bearing applications and materials such as those commonly utilized in the automotive and textile industries, each of which represent significant segments of the economy in the State of South Carolina. The long term goal of this unique Laboratory is to provide advanced investigational tools necessary to predict the clinical occurrence of polymeric wear.