eprintid: 3258 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 69 dir: disk0/00/00/32/58 datestamp: 2016-03-21 10:50:38 lastmod: 2016-03-21 10:50:38 status_changed: 2016-03-21 10:50:38 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Gagliardi, Mariacristina creators_id: mariacristina.gagliardi@imtlucca.it title: Relevance of Mesh Dimension Optimization, Geometry Simplification and Discretization Accuracy in the Study of Mechanical Behaviour of Bare Metal Stents ispublished: pub subjects: TA divisions: CSA full_text_status: none 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. date: 2010 date_type: published publication: International Journal of Computational Models and Algorithms in Medicine (IJCMAM) volume: 1 number: 4 publisher: IGI-Global id_number: 10.4018/jcmam.2010100103 refereed: TRUE issn: 1947-3133 official_url: http://www.igi-global.com/article/relevance-mesh-dimension-optimization-geometry/51669 citation: 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)