Characterization of the Expansion Properties of an Intravascular StentJAR analyzed the nonlinear elasto-plastic load-deflection response of an intravascular stent subjected to inflation pressure (i.e. balloon expansion) loading. Because of the instabilities that may arise during a quasi-static stent expansion process, JAR chose to use explicit dynamics finite element modeling techniques to generate the numerical solution.
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