Computational analysis of the effects of geometric irregularities and post-processing steps on the mechanical behavior of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel stents
Fig 9
Experimental determined mechanical response of laser powder bed fused stents under compression.
The shaded curve areas show the experimental results of the compression tests of the respective stent configuration (as-built stents (AB, gray area), heat treated stents (HT, light red area), electropolished and heat treated stents (EP-HT, light blue area). To indirectly consider the impact of the geometrically induced stiffness, the mean mass of the respective stent configuration is provided in the legend.