Cyclic Property of Nitinol and Its Impact on Finite Element Analysis

The increasing number of therapeutic options employing Nitinol devices and an associated more thorough understanding of the often complex in-vivo loading conditions such as that experienced in the SFA (superficial femoral artery) is demanding a better understanding of Nitinol fatigue behavior. Allied to this increase of applications is a demand for improved predictive modeling using Finite Element Analysis (FEA).