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Open Stent Design Craig Bonsignore NDC. 47533 Westinghouse Drive. Fremont, CA 95466 . © 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License 64 Stent Calculator Python Script © 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License 65 Input Parameter Variation 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.1 100.0% 99.5% 97.5% 90.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% 10.0% 2.5% 0.5% 0.0% maximum quartile median quartile minimum 0.10188 0.09478 0.09224 0.08877 0.08571 0.0822 0.07887 0.07568 0.07245 0.06979 0.0654 Quantiles Mean Std Dev Std Err Mean Upper 95% Mean Lower 95% Mean N 0.0822706 0.0050412 0.0000713 0.0824104 0.0821309 5000 Moments w_strut 0.1 0.11 0.12 0.13 100.0% 99.5% 97.5% 90.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% 10.0% 2.5% 0.5% 0.0% maximum quartile median quartile minimum 0.12942 0.12357 0.12064 0.11727 0.11436 0.11103 0.10764 0.10451 0.10118 0.0979 0.09246 Quantiles Mean Std Dev Std Err Mean Upper 95% Mean Lower 95% Mean N 0.1109817 0.0049797 7.0423e-5 0.1111197 0.1108436 5000 Moments t 26 27 28 29 100.0% 99.5% 97.5% 90.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% 10.0% 2.5% 0.5% 0.0% maximum quartile median quartile minimum 28.9812 28.3039 27.9808 27.6372 27.3482 27.0077 26.6784 26.3731 26.0336 25.7423 25.2261 Quantiles Mean Std Dev Std Err Mean Upper 95% Mean Lower 95% Mean N 27.010197 0.497228 0.0070319 27.023983 26.996412 5000 Moments Af 5.6 5.8 6 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.8 7 7.2 7.4 100.0% 99.5% 97.5% 90.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% 10.0% 2.5% 0.5% 0.0% maximum quartile median quartile minimum 7.47098 7.12231 6.98744 6.81438 6.67221 6.50646 6.33404 6.18413 6.02162 5.85584 5.58439 Quantiles Mean Std Dev Std Err Mean Upper 95% Mean Lower 95% Mean N 6.5035834 0.2462738 0.0034828 6.5104113 6.4967555 5000 Moments D_ves Distributions © 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License 66 Performance Output Variation 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 100.0% 99.5% 97.5% 90.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% 10.0% 2.5% 0.5% 0.0% maximum quartile median quartile minimum 43.711 40.6728 38.9594 37.0779 35.4285 33.5771 31.8344 30.245 28.5801 27.189 23.0055 Quantiles Mean Std Dev Std Err Mean Upper 95% Mean Lower 95% Mean N 33.641953 2.6485309 0.0374559 33.715383 33.568523 5000 Moments mass 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 100.0% 99.5% 97.5% 90.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% 10.0% 2.5% 0.5% 0.0% maximum quartile median quartile minimum 0.86631 0.69305 0.62551 0.56028 0.49934 0.44051 0.38689 0.34204 0.29576 0.26879 0.19739 Quantiles Mean Std Dev Std Err Mean Upper 95% Mean Lower 95% Mean N 0.446724 0.0846035 0.0011965 0.4490696 0.4443784 5000 Moments RF_hoop 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 100.0% 99.5% 97.5% 90.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% 10.0% 2.5% 0.5% 0.0% maximum quartile median quartile minimum 239.065 210.871 185.473 163.718 146.462 127.811 110.679 96.0923 81.1837 67.4174 44.0718 Quantiles Mean Std Dev Std Err Mean Upper 95% Mean Lower 95% Mean N 129.27845 26.814249 0.3792107 130.02187 128.53503 5000 Moments P_contact 0.004 0.005 0.006 0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017 0.018 0.019 100.0% 99.5% 97.5% 90.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% 10.0% 2.5% 0.5% 0.0% maximum quartile median quartile minimum 0.01929 0.01716 0.01582 0.01447 0.01327 0.01188 0.01058 0.00942 0.00804 0.00693 0.00429 Quantiles Mean Std Dev Std Err Mean Upper 95% Mean Lower 95% Mean N 0.0119248 0.0019716 2.7882e-5 0.0119794 0.0118701 5000 Moments strain_mean 0.0013 0.0014 0.0015 0.0016 0.0017 0.0018 100.0% 99.5% 97.5% 90.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% 10.0% 2.5% 0.5% 0.0% maximum quartile median quartile minimum 0.00181 0.00171 0.00167 0.00162 0.00158 0.00154 0.00149 0.00145 0.0014 0.00137 0.00131 Quantiles Mean Std Dev Std Err Mean Upper 95% Mean Lower 95% Mean N 0.001539 0.0000669 9.4597e-7 0.0015409 0.0015372 5000 Moments strain_amplitude 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 100.0% 99.5% 97.5% 90.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% 10.0% 2.5% 0.5% 0.0% maximum quartile median quartile minimum 3.04766 2.92413 2.84917 2.75368 2.67807 2.59938 2.52502 2.46235 2.39731 2.33963 2.20963 Quantiles Mean Std Dev Std Err Mean Upper 95% Mean Lower 95% Mean N 2.6040063 0.1137918 0.0016093 2.6071611 2.6008514 5000 Moments N_sf Distributions © 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License 67 Predicting Relationships: Radial Force vs. Mass 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 RF_hoop 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 mass Polynomial Fit Degree=2 RF_hoop = -0.55894 + 0.0297866*mass + 0.0005111*(mass-33.642)^2 RSquare RSquare Adj Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observations (or Sum Wgts) 0.88079 0.880742 0.029217 0.446724 5000 Summary of Fit Polynomial Fit Degree=2 Bivariate Fit of RF_hoop By mass © 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License 68 Fatigue Performance: Constant Life Diagram 0.0013 0.0014 0.0015 0.0016 0.0017 0.0018 strain_amplitude 0.004 0.006 0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017 0.018 0.019 strain_mean Bivariate Fit of strain_amplitude By strain_mean © 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License 73 NitinolUniversity .com © 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License Open Stent Design: The Book 70 © 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License Open Stent Design: SolidWorks 71 © 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License Open Stent Design: Calculator 72 CHAPTER 4. STENT CALCULATOR FORMULAS 53 4.10 Force and Strain Calculations The relationships between stress, load, deflection, and strain have been thoroughly docu- mented for a variety of beam loading conditions. Force and strain related to a specified strut deflection are based on the formulation for a beam fixed at one end, and free but guided at the other as documented in Machinery’s Handbook [1]. E = modulus of elasticity I = moment of inertia, beam cross section w = strut width L = strut length Strain = ! = 3w L 2 " # Force = F = 12EI L 3 ! " FL 2 FL 2 F F L Figure 4.5: Beam fixed at one end, and free but guided at the other. F hoop is the hoop component of the force exerted by a single strut when the stent is constrained from the fully expanded state to the analysis diameter. This is equal to F in Figure 4.5 by the definition of the ”free but guided” beam as described in Machinery’s Handbook [1]. F hoop = 12 · E · I (L strut ) 3 · δ d F hoop =1.03 · 10 1 N (4.78) F hoop 1mm is the hoop component of the force exerted by a single strut when the stent is constrained from the fully expanded state to a diameter one millimeter less than the analysis diameter. This allows for later calculation of stent forces normalized per millimeter diameter constraint. F hoop 1mm = 12 · E · I (L strut ) 3 · δ 1mm F hoop 1mm =6.92 · 10 2 N (4.79) CHAPTER 4. STENT CALCULATOR FORMULAS 54 d is the maximum strain experienced within the strut when the stent is constrained from the fully expanded state to the analysis diameter. This is equal to epsilon in Figure 4.5 by the definition of the ”free but guided” beam as described in Machinery’s Handbook [1]. d = 3wstrut (Lstrut) 2 · δ d d =1.64 % (4.80) 1mm is the maximum strain experienced within the strut when the stent is constrained from the fully expanded state to one millimeter less than the analysis diameter. 1mm = 3wstrut (Lstrut) 2 · δ1mm 1mm =1.10 % (4.81) 4.11 Pressure and Stiffness Calculations In this section, the forces and other calculations derived above are used to estimate radial resistive force in terms that are common for bench testing. RF hoop is the hoop component of the force exerted when the stent is constrained from the fully expanded state to 1mm less than the expansion diameter, normalized by length in centimeters. This value is consistent with radial resistive force type measurement (RRF) generated from a collar type fixture. By convention, it is expressed in terms of Newtons per centimeter length, and is thus normalized by length. RF hoop = F hoop 1mm X cell · 10 · mm cm RF hoop =0.44 N/cm (4.82) RF trf is the true radial component of the force exerted when the stent is constrained from the fully expanded state to 1mm less than the expanded diameter, normalized by length in centimeters. This value is consistent with radial resistive force type measurement (RRF) generated from a Blockwise or MSI type testing fixture. This is also expressed in terms of newtons per centimeter length, and is thus also normalized by length, and evaluated for a 1mm diameter constraint. Cardiovascular stents are widely used to treat a variety of vascular diseases. Hun- dreds of designs have been proposed, devel- oped, and commercialized since the 1990’s when these devices became commonplace in clinical practice. Competitive pressures in the commercial marketplace have been intense, and many battles have been waged relating to stent design intellectual property. Naturally, tools, techniques, and resources for stent design have been closely guarded and proprietary . For all the differences between the myri- ad stents that have been designed and pro- duced over the years, the fundamental archi- tecture of most expandable stent designs is actually quite universal. Stents can be con- sidered to be an array of structural beams, connected in a series to form a circumfer- entially expandable spring. As such, these structures can be modeled using analytical tools to predict many relevant performance characteristics with reasonable accuracy. Open Stent Design is a manuscript draft be- ing developed by NDC to provide general guidance for design and development of a simple, generic Nitinol stent.The manuscript and related resources are freely available to the community under a Creative Com- mons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States license. Resources provided include a detailed parametrically driven CAD solid model to create flat and wrapped stent ge- ometry, available for download in its na- tive SolidWorks format. Also available are a spreadsheet based Stent Calculator appli- cation, which can be used to relate input parameters such as tubing diameter, strut length, strut width, and wall thickness to performance predictions including service strains, radial strength, and pulsatile fatigue performance. Additional resources in de- velopment include a Python script to au- tomate the stent calculator application, en- abling statistical interrogation of thousands of possible conditions within expected de- sign limits. Finite Element Analysis tem- plates are also being developed to comple- ment the analytical models. These resources are provided freely to the community to make stent development eas- ier and more approachable for new entrants in the field, and thus encourage continuing innovation, improvements, and progress. We hope that these tools are especially help- ful for researchers in academia seeking to study stents and related structures, and re- lated biomechanics, fluid flow, or other phe- nomena. These resources are available for download at NDC’s educational website: http://NitinolUniversity .com

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Page 1: Open Stent Design Poster

Open Stent DesignCraig Bonsignore

NDC. 47533 Westinghouse Drive. Fremont, CA 95466.

© 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License 64

Stent Calculator Python Script

© 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License 65

Input Parameter Variation

0.07

0.08

0.09

0.1

100.0%99.5%97.5%90.0%75.0%50.0%25.0%10.0%2.5%0.5%0.0%

maximum

quartilemedianquartile

minimum

0.101880.094780.092240.088770.08571

0.08220.078870.075680.072450.06979

0.0654

Quantiles

MeanStd DevStd Err MeanUpper 95% MeanLower 95% MeanN

0.08227060.00504120.00007130.08241040.0821309

5000

Moments

w_strut

0.1

0.11

0.12

0.13

100.0%99.5%97.5%90.0%75.0%50.0%25.0%10.0%2.5%0.5%0.0%

maximum

quartilemedianquartile

minimum

0.129420.123570.120640.117270.114360.111030.107640.104510.10118

0.09790.09246

Quantiles

MeanStd DevStd Err MeanUpper 95% MeanLower 95% MeanN

0.11098170.00497977.0423e-50.11111970.1108436

5000

Moments

t

26

27

28

29

100.0%99.5%97.5%90.0%75.0%50.0%25.0%10.0%2.5%0.5%0.0%

maximum

quartilemedianquartile

minimum

28.981228.303927.980827.637227.348227.007726.678426.373126.033625.742325.2261

Quantiles

MeanStd DevStd Err MeanUpper 95% MeanLower 95% MeanN

27.0101970.497228

0.007031927.02398326.996412

5000

Moments

Af

5.6

5.8

6

6.2

6.4

6.6

6.8

7

7.2

7.4

100.0%99.5%97.5%90.0%75.0%50.0%25.0%10.0%2.5%0.5%0.0%

maximum

quartilemedianquartile

minimum

7.470987.122316.987446.814386.672216.506466.334046.184136.021625.855845.58439

Quantiles

MeanStd DevStd Err MeanUpper 95% MeanLower 95% MeanN

6.50358340.24627380.00348286.51041136.4967555

5000

Moments

D_ves

Distributions

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Performance Output Variation

23

25

27

29

31

33

35

37

39

41

43

100.0%99.5%97.5%90.0%75.0%50.0%25.0%10.0%2.5%0.5%0.0%

maximum

quartilemedianquartile

minimum

43.71140.672838.959437.077935.428533.577131.8344

30.24528.5801

27.18923.0055

Quantiles

MeanStd DevStd Err MeanUpper 95% MeanLower 95% MeanN

33.6419532.64853090.037455933.71538333.568523

5000

Moments

mass

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

100.0%99.5%97.5%90.0%75.0%50.0%25.0%10.0%2.5%0.5%0.0%

maximum

quartilemedianquartile

minimum

0.866310.693050.625510.560280.499340.440510.386890.342040.295760.268790.19739

Quantiles

MeanStd DevStd Err MeanUpper 95% MeanLower 95% MeanN

0.4467240.08460350.00119650.44906960.4443784

5000

Moments

RF_hoop

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

220

240

100.0%99.5%97.5%90.0%75.0%50.0%25.0%10.0%2.5%0.5%0.0%

maximum

quartilemedianquartile

minimum

239.065210.871185.473163.718146.462127.811110.67996.092381.183767.417444.0718

Quantiles

MeanStd DevStd Err MeanUpper 95% MeanLower 95% MeanN

129.2784526.8142490.3792107130.02187128.53503

5000

Moments

P_contact

0.0040.0050.0060.0070.0080.0090.01

0.0110.0120.0130.0140.0150.0160.0170.0180.019

100.0%99.5%97.5%90.0%75.0%50.0%25.0%10.0%2.5%0.5%0.0%

maximum

quartilemedianquartile

minimum

0.019290.017160.015820.014470.013270.011880.010580.009420.008040.006930.00429

Quantiles

MeanStd DevStd Err MeanUpper 95% MeanLower 95% MeanN

0.01192480.00197162.7882e-50.01197940.0118701

5000

Moments

strain_mean

0.0013

0.0014

0.0015

0.0016

0.0017

0.0018

100.0%99.5%97.5%90.0%75.0%50.0%25.0%10.0%2.5%0.5%0.0%

maximum

quartilemedianquartile

minimum

0.001810.001710.001670.001620.001580.001540.001490.00145

0.00140.001370.00131

Quantiles

MeanStd DevStd Err MeanUpper 95% MeanLower 95% MeanN

0.0015390.00006699.4597e-70.00154090.0015372

5000

Moments

strain_amplitude

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.9

3

100.0%99.5%97.5%90.0%75.0%50.0%25.0%10.0%2.5%0.5%0.0%

maximum

quartilemedianquartile

minimum

3.047662.924132.849172.753682.678072.599382.525022.462352.397312.339632.20963

Quantiles

MeanStd DevStd Err MeanUpper 95% MeanLower 95% MeanN

2.60400630.11379180.00160932.60716112.6008514

5000

Moments

N_sf

Distributions

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Predicting Relationships: Radial Force vs. Mass

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

RF_h

oop

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

mass

Polynomial Fit Degree=2

RF_hoop = -0.55894 + 0.0297866*mass + 0.0005111*(mass-33.642)^2

RSquareRSquare AdjRoot Mean Square ErrorMean of ResponseObservations (or Sum Wgts)

0.880790.8807420.0292170.446724

5000

Summary of Fit

Polynomial Fit Degree=2

Bivariate Fit of RF_hoop By mass

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Fatigue Performance: Constant Life Diagram

0.0013

0.0014

0.0015

0.0016

0.0017

0.0018

strain_amplitude

0.004 0.006 0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017 0.018 0.019

strain_mean

Bivariate Fit of strain_amplitude By strain_mean

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NitinolUniversity.com

© 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

Open Stent Design: The Book

70

© 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

Open Stent Design: SolidWorks

71

© 2010 NDC. Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution per the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

Open Stent Design: Calculator

72

CHAPTER 4. STENT CALCULATOR FORMULAS 53

4.10 Force and Strain Calculations

The relationships between stress, load, deflection, and strain have been thoroughly docu-mented for a variety of beam loading conditions. Force and strain related to a specifiedstrut deflection are based on the formulation for a beam fixed at one end, and free butguided at the other as documented in Machinery’s Handbook [1].

E = modulus of elasticity

I = moment of inertia, beam cross sectionw = strut widthL = strut length

Strain = ! =3wL2 "#

Force = F =12EIL3 !"

FL2

FL2

F

F L

Figure 4.5: Beam fixed at one end, and free but guided at the other.

Fhoop is the hoop component of the force exerted by a single strut when the stent isconstrained from the fully expanded state to the analysis diameter. This is equal to Fin Figure 4.5 by the definition of the ”free but guided” beam as described in Machinery’s

Handbook [1].

Fhoop =12 · E · I(Lstrut)

3 · δd

Fhoop = 1.03 · 10−1 N

(4.78)

Fhoop 1mm is the hoop component of the force exerted by a single strut when the stentis constrained from the fully expanded state to a diameter one millimeter less than theanalysis diameter. This allows for later calculation of stent forces normalized per millimeterdiameter constraint.

Fhoop 1mm =12 · E · I(Lstrut)

3 · δ1mm

Fhoop 1mm = 6.92 · 10−2 N

(4.79)

CHAPTER 4. STENT CALCULATOR FORMULAS 54

�d is the maximum strain experienced within the strut when the stent is constrained fromthe fully expanded state to the analysis diameter. This is equal to epsilon in Figure 4.5by the definition of the ”free but guided” beam as described in Machinery’s Handbook

[1].

�d =3wstrut

(Lstrut)2 · δd

�d = 1.64 %

(4.80)

�1mm is the maximum strain experienced within the strut when the stent is constrainedfrom the fully expanded state to one millimeter less than the analysis diameter.

�1mm =3wstrut

(Lstrut)2 · δ1mm

�1mm = 1.10 %

(4.81)

4.11 Pressure and Stiffness Calculations

In this section, the forces and other calculations derived above are used to estimate radialresistive force in terms that are common for bench testing.

RFhoop is the hoop component of the force exerted when the stent is constrained from thefully expanded state to 1mm less than the expansion diameter, normalized by length incentimeters. This value is consistent with radial resistive force type measurement (RRF)generated from a collar type fixture. By convention, it is expressed in terms of Newtonsper centimeter length, and is thus normalized by length.

RFhoop =Fhoop 1mm

Xcell·�10 · mm

cm

RFhoop = 0.44 N/cm

(4.82)

RFtrf is the true radial component of the force exerted when the stent is constrained fromthe fully expanded state to 1mm less than the expanded diameter, normalized by length incentimeters. This value is consistent with radial resistive force type measurement (RRF)generated from a Blockwise or MSI type testing fixture. This is also expressed in terms ofnewtons per centimeter length, and is thus also normalized by length, and evaluated for a1mm diameter constraint.

Cardiovascular stents are widely used to treat a variety of vascular diseases. Hun-dreds of designs have been proposed, devel-oped, and commercialized since the 1990’s when these devices became commonplace in clinical practice. Competitive pressures in the commercial marketplace have been intense, and many battles have been waged relating to stent design intellectual property. Naturally, tools, techniques, and resources for stent design have been closely guarded and proprietary.

For all the differences between the myri-ad stents that have been designed and pro-duced over the years, the fundamental archi-tecture of most expandable stent designs is actually quite universal. Stents can be con-sidered to be an array of structural beams, connected in a series to form a circumfer-entially expandable spring. As such, these structures can be modeled using analytical tools to predict many relevant performance characteristics with reasonable accuracy.

Open Stent Design is a manuscript draft be-ing developed by NDC to provide general guidance for design and development of a simple, generic Nitinol stent. The manuscript and related resources are freely available to the community under a Creative Com-mons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States license. Resources provided include a detailed parametrically driven CAD solid

model to create flat and wrapped stent ge-ometry, available for download in its na-tive SolidWorks format. Also available are a spreadsheet based Stent Calculator appli-cation, which can be used to relate input parameters such as tubing diameter, strut length, strut width, and wall thickness to performance predictions including service strains, radial strength, and pulsatile fatigue performance. Additional resources in de-velopment include a Python script to au-tomate the stent calculator application, en-abling statistical interrogation of thousands of possible conditions within expected de-sign limits. Finite Element Analysis tem-plates are also being developed to comple-ment the analytical models.

These resources are provided freely to the community to make stent development eas-ier and more approachable for new entrants in the field, and thus encourage continuing innovation, improvements, and progress. We hope that these tools are especially help-ful for researchers in academia seeking to study stents and related structures, and re-lated biomechanics, fluid flow, or other phe-nomena.

These resources are available for download at NDC’s educational website:

http://NitinolUniversity.com