Contact Interaction for Medical Implants
There are many circumstances when it is necessary to model contact and contact interactions when analyzing medical implants. Such circumstances arise when devices interact [...]
Interpreting FEA Results: Integration Point Data
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) can produce an enormous amount of data as output. Solution variables such as stress and strain are computed throughout an [...]
Evaluating Design Instabilities with FEA
Finite Element Analysis is routinely used to evaluate the performance and durability of medical devices. When using an implicit method such as ABAQUS/Standard, FEA [...]
Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrilation: FEA and Experiment
You can download our presentation where we give results from recent in-vitro tests and advanced finite element analysis simulations as an example of a comprehensive [...]
FEA and Experimental Evaluation of Superelastic Stent
The mechanical properties of Nitinol stents are normally evaluated experimentally due to complexities resulting from large deformations and material nonlinearity. Despite difficulties associated with [...]
Simulating Radiofrequency Ablation
I became interested in simulating the effects of RF ablation as early as 1998 when I did some work for St. Jude Medical. What [...]