@article{eprints3258,
            year = {2010},
           title = {Relevance of Mesh Dimension Optimization, Geometry Simplification and Discretization Accuracy in the Study of Mechanical Behaviour of Bare Metal Stents},
          number = {4},
          author = {Mariacristina Gagliardi},
          volume = {1},
         journal = {International Journal of Computational Models and Algorithms in Medicine (IJCMAM)},
       publisher = {IGI-Global},
        abstract = {In this paper, a set of analyses on the deployment of coronary stents by using a nonlinear finite element method is proposed. The author proposes a convergence test able to select the appropriate mesh dimension and a methodology to perform the simplification of structures composed of cyclically repeated units to reduce the number of degree of freedom and the analysis run time. A systematic study, based on the analysis of seven meshes for each model, is performed, gradually reducing the element dimension. In addition, geometric models are simplified considering symmetries; adequate boundary conditions are applied and verified based on the results obtained from analysis of the whole model.},
             url = {http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3258/}
}