Christian Affolter

Retrospective lifetime estimation of failed and explanted diamond-like carbon coated hip joint balls

Roland Hauert, C.V. Falub, G. Thorwarth et al. · Acta Biomaterialia · 2012 · 72 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +16

Numerical Optimization of a Compact and Reusable Pretensioning Anchorage System for CFRP Tendons

Giovanni P. Terrasi, Christian Affolter, Michel Barbezat · Journal of Composites for Construction · 2010 · 49 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Determination of the translational and rotational stiffnesses of an L4–L5 functional spinal unit using a specimen-specific finite element model

Bernhard Weisse, Ameet K. Aiyangar, Christian Affolter et al. · Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2012 · 47 citations

Health Professions, Anatomy, Orthopedic Surgery +14

Fire Behavior of Thin CFRP Pretensioned High-Strength Concrete Slabs

Giovanni P. Terrasi, Luke Bisby, Michel Barbezat et al. · Journal of Composites for Construction · 2011 · 42 citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering +17

Influence of contaminants in the stem—ball interface on the static fracture load of ceramic hip joint ball heads

Bernhard Weisse, Christian Affolter, Alex Stutz et al. · Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine · 2008 · 42 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Orthopedic Surgery +17