A paper published on january 2013 in « Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis« .
In this study a failure originated during solidification process into the femoral stem component of Hip Resurfacing prosthesis was investigated. The results exhibited hot tearing, shrinkage porosity and metal oxide films due to inadequate heat dissipation during solidification process, as a consequence of poor investment casting ceramic mold configuration. Also in this paper was improved the casting design solving this kind of defects.
