Table 1.

Stent-graft material properties for the nitinol (top) and ePTFE (bottom) components.

Stent: Superelastic nitinol
Austenite elasticity EA (Sampaio, Panneton et al.)	51,700
Austenite Poisson’s ratio νA	0.3
Martensite elasticity EM (Sampaio, Panneton et al.)	47,800
Martensite Poisson’s ratio νM	0.3
Transformation strain εL	0.063
Loading ∂σ/∂TL	652.7
Start of transformation loading ${\sigma }_L^S$ (Sampaio, Panneton et al.)	600
End of transformation loading ${\sigma }_L^E$ (Sampaio, Panneton et al.)	670
Reference temperature T0 (°C)	37
Unloading (∂σ/∂T)U	652.7
Start of transformation unloading ${\sigma }_U^S$ (Sampaio, Panneton et al.)	288
End of transformation unloading ${\sigma }_U^E$ (Sampaio, Panneton et al.)	254
Start of transformation stress in compression ${\sigma }_{CL}^S$ (Sampaio, Panneton et al.)	900
Volumetric transformation strain ${\epsilon }_V^L$	0.063
Strain limit εmax	12%
Af temperature (°C)	20
Graft: Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE)
Young’s Modulus EG(Sampaio, Panneton et al.)	55.2
Poisson’s ratio νG	0.46