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Number of degrees of freedom (in millions), and total number of elements (sum of triangular shells for the aorta and graft and hexahedral solids for the stent) for the three finite element meshes utilized in the mesh independence study.
| Mesh | DOFs (millions) | Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aorta | Stent | Graft | TOTAL | ||
| Mesh 1 (Baseline) | 0.9 | 134,234 | 27,840 | 135,700 | 297,774 |
| Mesh 2 (Refined aorta) | 1.3 | 266,958 | 27,840 | 135,700 | 430,498 |
| Mesh 3 (Refined aorta and endograft) | 2.1 | 266,958 | 57,600 | 374,784 | 699,342 |
