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Verification of Strain Level Calculations in Nitinol Fatigue Resistance Predictions

Pike, Kelly
Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara,CA

Pages: 8    Published: Jan 2007

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Source: STP1481-EB

Abstract

A method to confirm FEA strain level predictions was developed for small nitinol-compressive specimens by taking micron magnitude measurements from SEM images. The technique was used to confirm predictions of an earlier report of fatigue resistance.

Keywords:
fatigue, nitinol, compressive, SEM, stent, FEA (Finite Element Analysis)

Paper ID: STP45240S
Committee/Subcommittee: E08.05
DOI: 10.1520/STP45240S
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