AI Chat Paper
Discover the SciOpen Platform and Achieve Your Research Goals with Ease.
Search articles, authors, keywords, DOl and etc.
{{expandStatus?'Exit ':''}}Advanced Search
The tribological behaviour of articular cartilage is likely to be anisotropic due to the unidirectional alignment of the superficial collagen fibres in the tissue, which yet remains insufficiently explored. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of fibre orientation in the superficial zone of the articular cartilage on its tribological behaviour. Coefficient of friction (CoF) and wear of bovine cartilage pins that were reciprocally rubbed against cobalt chromium molybdenum discs were measured and analyzed at four angles between the superficial collagen fibre orientation and the sliding direction. A new wear law describing the anisotropic wear behaviour of the cartilage was developed based on the experimental data. The wear depth of the cartilage specimens was minimal when the sliding was in the same direction with the fibres and gradually increased with the increase in the fibre-sliding angle until the sliding direction was perpendicular to the fibre alignment. The CoFs in these wear tests at different fibre-sliding angles remained relatively similar and were not correlated with the wear depth. The wear law fit the experimental results reasonably well. The anisotropic wear behaviour of the cartilage is marked and subject to the unidirectional orientation of the superficial fibres in the cartilage. The proposed anisotropic wear law provides a step forward towards simulation of wear of the cartilage and joints. This study provides insights for the development of osteochondral grafts.
Mow V C, Ratcliffe A, Robin Poole A. Cartilage and diarthrodial joints as paradigms for hierarchical materials and structures. Biomaterials 13(2): 67–97 (1992)
Sophia Fox A J, Bedi A, Rodeo S A. The basic science of articular cartilage: Structure, composition, and function. Sports Health 1(6): 461–468 (2009)
Li J Y, Stewart T D, Jin Z M, Wilcox R K, Fisher J. The influence of size, clearance, cartilage properties, thickness and hemiarthroplasty on the contact mechanics of the hip joint with biphasic layers. J Biomech 46(10): 1641–1647 (2013)
Li J Y, Hua X J, Jin Z M, Fisher J, Wilcox R K. Biphasic investigation of contact mechanics in natural human hips during activities. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 228(6): 556–563 (2014)
Kupratis M E, Gure A, Ortved K F, Burris D L, Price C. Comparative tribology: Articulation-induced rehydration of cartilage across species. Biotribology 25: 100159 (2021)
Huang C Y, Stankiewicz A, Ateshian G A, Mow V C. Anisotropy, inhomogeneity, and tension–compression nonlinearity of human glenohumeral cartilage in finite deformation. J Biomech 38(4): 799–809 (2005)
Fischenich K M, Wahlquist J A, Wilmoth R L, Cai L, Neu C P, Ferguson V L. Human articular cartilage is orthotropic where microstructure, micromechanics, and chemistry vary with depth and split-line orientation. Osteoarthr Cartil 28(10): 1362–1372 (2020)
Eckstein F, Cicuttini F, Raynauld J P, Waterton J C, Peterfy C. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of articular cartilage in knee osteoarthritis (OA): Morphological assessment. Osteoarthr Cartil 14: 46–75 (2006)
Zhang Q, Geng J L, Zhang M, Kan T Y, Wang L, Ai S T, Wei H J, Zhang L C, Liu C L. Cartilage morphometry and magnetic susceptibility measurement for knee osteoarthritis with automatic cartilage segmentation. Quant Imaging Med Surg 13(6): 3508–3521 (2023)
Katta J, Jin Z, Ingham E, Fisher J. Effect of nominal stress on the long term friction, deformation and wear of native and glycosaminoglycan deficient articular cartilage. Osteoarthr Cartil 17(5): 662–668 (2009)
Katta J, Pawaskar S S, Jin Z M, Ingham E, Fisher J. Effect of load variation on the friction properties of articular cartilage. Proc Inst Mech Eng Part J J Eng Tribol 221(3): 175–181 (2007)
Lizhang J, Fisher J, Jin Z, Burton A, Williams S. The effect of contact stress on cartilage friction, deformation and wear. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 225(5): 461–475 (2011)
Durney K M, Shaeffer C A, Zimmerman B K, Nims R J, Oungoulian S, Jones B K, Boorman-Padgett J F, Suh J T, Shah R P, Hung C T, et al. Immature bovine cartilage wear by fatigue failure and delamination. J Biomech 107: 109852 (2020)
Espinosa M G, Otarola G A, Hu J C, Athanasiou K A. Cartilage assessment requires a surface characterization protocol: Roughness, friction, and function. Tissue Eng Part C Meth 27(4): 276–286 (2021)
Cilingir A C. Effect of rotational and sliding motions on friction and degeneration of articular cartilage under dry and wet friction. J Bionic Eng 12(3): 464–472 (2015)
Cowie R M, Bowland P, Baji D, Fermor H L, Ingham E, Fisher J, Jennings L M. An experimental simulation model to assess wear of the porcine patellofemoral joint. PLoS One 16(4): e0250077 (2021)
Hossain M J, Noori-Dokht H, Karnik S, Alyafei N, Joukar A, Trippel S B, Wagner D R. Anisotropic properties of articular cartilage in an accelerated in vitro wear test. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 109: 103834 (2020)
Zhang X Y, Hu Y, Chen K, Zhang D K. Bio-tribological behavior of articular cartilage based on biological morphology. J Mater Sci Mater Med 32(11): 132 (2021)
Below S, Arnoczky S P, Dodds J, Kooima C, Walter N. The split-line pattern of the distal femur: A consideration in the orientation of autologous cartilage grafts. Arthroscopy 18(6): 613–617 (2002)
Yao X, Wang Y B, Ravanfar M, Pfeiffer F M, Duan D S, Yao G. Nondestructive imaging of fiber structure in articular cartilage using optical polarization tractography. JBO 21(11): 116004 (2016)
Szarko M, Muldrew K, Bertram J E. Freeze-thaw treatment effects on the dynamic mechanical properties of articular cartilage. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11(1): 231 (2010)
Forster H, Fisher J. The influence of continuous sliding and subsequent surface wear on the friction of articular cartilage. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 213(4): 329–345 (1999)
Lu W P, Cui W, Zhang X G, Zhang Y L, Yang S, Pu J, Li J Y, Jin Z M. Friction and wear behaviors of HXLPE, PEEK and CoCrMo against articular cartilage under cross-shear motion. Proc Inst Mech Eng Part J J Eng Tribol 237(3): 552–561 (2023)
Lopes J L, Machado J M, Castanheira L, Granja P L, Gama F M, Dourado F, Gomes J R. Friction and wear behaviour of bacterial cellulose against articular cartilage. Wear 271(9–10): 2328–2333 (2011)
Archard J F, W H. The wear of metals under unlubricated conditions. Proc R Soc Lond A 236(1206): 397–410 (1956)
Zhang G X, Cui W, Peng X, Pu J, Li J Y, Jin Z M. Effect of angular mismatch on tribocorrosion at taper-trunnion junction using a finite element model considering mechanical and chemical wear. Tribol Int 184: 108477 (2023)
Joukar A, Creecy A, Karnik S, Noori-Dokht H, Trippel S B, Wallace J M, Wagner D R. Correlation analysis of cartilage wear with biochemical composition, viscoelastic properties and friction. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 142: 105827 (2023)
Petersen C A, Sise C V, Dewing J X, Yun J, Zimmerman B K, Guo X E, Hung C T, Ateshian G A. Immature bovine cartilage wear is due to fatigue failure from repetitive compressive forces and not reciprocating frictional forces. Osteoarthr Cartil 31(12): 1594–1601 (2023)
Verberne G, Merkher Y, Halperin G, Maroudas A, Etsion I. Techniques for assessment of wear between human cartilage surfaces. Wear 266(11-12): 1216–1223 (2009)
Mahmood H, Eckold D, Stead I, Shepherd D E T, Espino D M, Dearn K D. A method for the assessment of the coefficient of friction of articular cartilage and a replacement biomaterial. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 103: 103580 (2020)
Bae W C, Wong V W, Hwang J, Antonacci J M, Nugent-Derfus G E, Blewis M E, Temple-Wong M M, Sah R L. Wear-lines and split-lines of human patellar cartilage: Relation to tensile biomechanical properties. Osteoarthr Cartil 16(7): 841–845 (2008)
McLeod M A, Wilusz R E, Guilak F. Depth-dependent anisotropy of the micromechanical properties of the extracellular and pericellular matrices of articular cartilage evaluated via atomic force microscopy. J Biomech 46(3): 586–592 (2013)
Damen A H A, van Donkelaar C C, Cardinaels R M, Brandt J M, Schmidt T A, Ito K. Proteoglycan 4 reduces friction more than other synovial fluid components for both cartilage-cartilage and cartilage-metal articulation. Osteoarthr Cartil 29(6): 894–904 (2021)
Ren K, Reina Mahecha M A, Hübner M, Cui Z W, Kaper H J, van der Veen H C, Sharma P K. Tribology of enzymatically degraded cartilage mimicking early osteoarthritis. Friction 11(9): 1724–1740 (2023)
Li W X, Morita T, Sawae Y. Experimental study on boundary lubricity of superficial area of articular cartilage and synovial fluid. Friction 12(5): 981–996 (2024)
Forster H, Fisher J. The influence of loading time and lubricant on the friction of articular cartilage. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 210(2): 109–119 (1996)
Hou J S, Mow V C, Lai W M, Holmes M H. An analysis of the squeeze-film lubrication mechanism for articular cartilage. J Biomech 25(3): 247–259 (1992)
Sakai N, Hagihara Y, Furusawa T, Hosoda N, Sawae Y, Murakami T. Analysis of biphasic lubrication of articular cartilage loaded by cylindrical indenter. Tribol Int 46(1): 225–236 (2012)
Yarimitsu S, Ito K, Fujie H. Influence of collagen fibre orientation on the frictional properties of articular cartilage. Biosurf Biotribol 7(2): 90–97 (2021)
Bullough P, Goodfellow J. The significance of the fine structure of articular cartilage. J Bone Jt Surg Br Vol 50-B(4): 852–857 (1968)
Men Y T, Jiang Y L, Chen L, Zhang C Q, Ye J D. On mechanical mechanism of damage evolution in articular cartilage. Mater Sci Eng C 78: 79–87 (2017)
Pawlak Z, Pai R. Cartilage wear in healthy and osteoarthritis joints. Open J Orthop 13(2): 55–61 (2023)
Wei P Y, Ma Y Y, Qin K Q, Fan Z J. A 3D printed biomimetic scaffold for cartilage regeneration with lubrication, load-bearing, and adhesive fixation properties. Tribol Int 192: 109328 (2024)
Trevino R L, Stoia J, Laurent M P, Pacione C A, Chubinskaya S, Wimmer M A. Establishing a live cartilage-on-cartilage interface for tribological testing. Biotribology 9: 1–11 (2017)
434
Views
62
Downloads
1
Crossref
0
Web of Science
0
Scopus
0
CSCD
Altmetrics
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
京公网安备11010802044758号