Computational comparison of the bending behavior of aortic stent-grafts

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 272-282

  Demanget, Nicolas ^a   Avril, Stéphane ^a   Badel, Pierre ^a   Orgéas, Laurent ^b   Geindreau, Christian ^b   Albertini, Jean Noël ^c   Favre, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Bending; Finite element analysis; Mechanical behavior; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; BENDING BEHAVIOR; COMPUTATIONAL COMPARISONS; CROSS-SECTION DEFORMATION; ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MEMBRANE STRAIN; NUMERICAL MODELS; REDUCTION RATE; SPACING VARIATIONS; STENT GRAFTS; STENT-GRAFT; VON MISES STRESS;

BENDING (FORMING); BLOOD VESSELS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAFTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TORQUE;

AORTA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

EID: 81455131501     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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