Wear factor of UHMWPE pins against PEEK plates (mm3/Nm)								
								
Research question 1: Influence of contact pressure on the wear of UHMWPE (Figure 2)								
"Cross shear ration maintained at 0.087, contact pressure varied between 2.1 and 80 MPa"								
		contact pressure (Mpa)						
	2.1	4.1	6.4	11.3	25.5	30	40	80
Station 1	1.58166E-07	1.02398E-07	7.36699E-08	6.25782E-08	5.86053E-08	4.36667E-08	5.21194E-08	5.68166E-08
Station 2	1.67219E-07	1.03232E-07	9.83581E-08	1.36251E-07	8.87288E-08	4.80018E-08	5.5084E-08	6.85212E-08
Station 3	1.64467E-07	1.08515E-07	8.78082E-08	1.11814E-07	7.03834E-08	7.04524E-08	5.46296E-08	5.77355E-08
Station 4	2.70273E-07	1.44664E-07	1.3173E-07	1.35961E-07	9.12272E-08	6.41077E-08	6.32855E-08	4.92031E-08
Station 5	3.33424E-07	2.285E-07	1.01516E-07	9.2293E-08	9.25835E-08	6.17535E-08	7.38674E-08	6.18704E-08
Station 6	1.75837E-07	1.23809E-07			1.04219E-07	4.7887E-08	5.40021E-08	3.78267E-08
								
								
	Research question 2: Influence of cross-shear ration on wear of UHMWPE (Figure 3)							
	"Contact pressure maintained at 6.4 MPa, cross-shear ratio varied from 0 to 0.18"							
		cross-shear ratio						
	0	0.01	0.022	0.18				
Station 1	2.2228E-08	1.13331E-07	8.73898E-08	9.08473E-08				
Station 2	1.66007E-08	1.36484E-07	9.96579E-08	1.33964E-07				
Station 3	2.61672E-08	1.39937E-07	1.31085E-07	1.01316E-07				
Station 4	4.91268E-08	1.88884E-07	1.34278E-07	1.65293E-07				
Station 5	4.21488E-08	1.05206E-07	9.17592E-08	2.18879E-07				
Station 6	2.14402E-08	1.10081E-07	1.3411E-07	1.48775E-07