relation: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3258/
title: Relevance of Mesh Dimension Optimization, Geometry Simplification and Discretization Accuracy in the Study of Mechanical Behaviour of Bare Metal Stents
creator: Gagliardi, Mariacristina
subject: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
description: 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.
publisher: IGI-Global
date: 2010
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Gagliardi, Mariacristina  Relevance of Mesh Dimension Optimization, Geometry Simplification and Discretization Accuracy in the Study of Mechanical Behaviour of Bare Metal Stents.  International Journal of Computational Models and Algorithms in Medicine (IJCMAM), 1 (4).   ISSN 1947-3133      (2010)  
relation: http://www.igi-global.com/article/relevance-mesh-dimension-optimization-geometry/51669
relation: 10.4018/jcmam.2010100103