Modeling of size dependent failure in cardiovascular stent struts under tension and bending

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1539-1553

  Harewood, F J ^a   McHugh, P E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

316L stainless steel; Crystal plasticity theory; Failure in bending; Failure in tension; Finite element analysis; Rice and Tracey fracture model

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; STAINLESS STEEL; TENSILE TESTING;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR STENT STRUTS; CRYSTAL PLASTICITY THEORY; FAILURE IN BENDING; FAILURE IN TENSION; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; STENT STRUT GEOMETRIES; TENSILE FAILURE STRAINS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIAL; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STAINLESS STEEL; STENTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 35248840119     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9326-6     Document Type: Article

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