On the suitability of hexagonal honeycombs as stent geometries

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 328-337

  Mizzi, Luke ^a   Attard, Daphne ^a   Casha, Aaron ^a   Grima, Joseph N ^a   Gatt, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Auxetic; Finite element analysis; Honeycombs; Stents

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

AUXETIC; CORONARY STENTS; DESIGN PATTERNS; HEXAGONAL HONEYCOMB; HONEYCOMB GEOMETRY; HONEYCOMBS; HYBRID GEOMETRIES; STENT GEOMETRY;

STENTS;

EID: 84893686065     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201384255     Document Type: Article

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