Computational analysis of the effects of geometric irregularities and post-processing steps on the mechanical behavior of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel stents

• Lisa Wiesent ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: lisa.wiesent@oth-regensburg.de

  Affiliations Computational Mechanics and Materials Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Technology Campus Neustadt a. d. Donau, Department of Mechanical Engineering, OTH Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8094-4930

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• Ulrich Schultheiß,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Material Science and Surface Analytics Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, OTH Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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• Philipp Lulla,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation FIT Production GmbH, Lupburg, Germany

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• Ulf Noster,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliation Material Science and Surface Analytics Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, OTH Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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• Thomas Schratzenstaller,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliations Medical Device Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, OTH Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Regensburg Center of Biomedical Engineering (RCBE), Regensburg, Germany

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• Christof Schmid,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation University Hospital Regensburg, University Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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• Aida Nonn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Computational Mechanics and Materials Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Technology Campus Neustadt a. d. Donau, Department of Mechanical Engineering, OTH Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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• Ashley Spear

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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