Training Course Descriptions
Modeling Stents Using Abaqus
Objective:
The simulation of stent behavior reveals detailed stress-strain
distributions that are important in predicting device fatigue life.
The complex geometry and material behavior of stents result in highly
nonlinear and challenging analyses. This course focuses on the use
of Abaqus for modeling and analyzing stents. However, its content can also be useful when modeling other types of medical devices. The course is targeted
at engineers responsible for the design of medical devices who are
looking to accelerate their understanding of the highly complex
mechanical behavior associated with performance of such devices.
The topics include:
- Creating geometry for modeling stents and tools
- Choosing the proper element type
- Material models: elastic-plastic (Stainless Steel), superelastic-plastic (Nitinol), hyperelastic (vessels)
- Performing stent analyses: Static, Implicit and Explicit Dynamics
- Contact and constraints
- Postprocessig stent analyses
- Fatigue evaluation using Goodman Diagrams
Who should attend:
This course is recommended for engineers with experience using
Abaqus. Some understanding of Abaqus/CAE is helpful but is not required.
Agenda
To download a course overview in PDF format, click here. The overview
provides details of the topics covered in each lecture. Note that the actual
course agenda may vary depending on location.
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Course was last updated May 2011
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