Readme.txt
Dataset associated with ‘Influence of hip joint simulator design and mechanics on the wear and creep of metal-on-polyethylene bearings’ (Ali et al. Proc Inst Mech Eng Part H: J. Eng Med., 2016).
Data number 		Filename					Description
1			1-Simualtor_inputs.csv				Hip joint simulator input axial load and angular displacement data.
2			2-Wear_rates_sims.csv				Wear rates of the polyethylene liners.
3			3-CMM_polyethylene_liners.zip			Polyethylene liner surface maps produced using a coordinate measurement machine and the Redlux software.
4			4-Polyethylene_liner_penetration_depth.csv	Maximum penetration depth of the polyethylene liners measured using a coordinate measurement machine and analysed using the Redlux software.
5			5-Simulator_outputs.csv				Output axial load and angular displacement data from the hip joint simulators.
6			6-Wear_rates_axes.csv				Wear rates of the polyethylene liners under two-axes and three-axes of rotation conditions.