Topology Optimisation of Periodic Structures for Stent Design

支架治疗提供了新的治疗策略，以提高许多心血管疾病患者的医疗质量。本项目将解决支架设计中的关键问题，包括输送、扩张以及与血管和液体的持续相互作用。新的拓扑结构预计将为支架带来显著改善，确保长期成功。为优化拓扑结构而开发的数值技术将为周期性结构的设计提供新的工具，对一类重要的工程结构产生更广泛的影响，从而使许多相关领域受益。

Stenting therapy offers new therapeutical strategies to improve the quality of healthcare for numerous cardiovascular disease patients. This project will address the critical issues in stent design involving the delivery, dilatation and ongoing interaction with blood vessel and fluid. The novel topological configurations are expected to bring significant improvement to stent ensuring long-term success. The numerical techniques to be developed for optimising topology will provide new tools for design of periodic structures, making a broader impact on an important class of engineering structures and thus benefiting many relevant fields.