?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F218%2F&rft.title=Laser+Welding+of+a+Stent&rft.creator=Budd%2C+C+J&rft.creator=Hewitt%2C+Ian&rft.creator=Mitchell%2C+Sarah&rft.creator=Coles%2C+Chris&rft.creator=Rankin%2C+James&rft.creator=Rodrigues%2C+David&rft.creator=O%E2%80%99Brien%2C+Mick&rft.creator=McKee%2C+Sean&rft.creator=Vynnycky%2C+Michael&rft.creator=King%2C+John&rft.creator=McGinty%2C+Sean&rft.subject=Materials&rft.subject=Medical+and+pharmaceutical&rft.description=We+consider+the+problem+of+modelling+the+manufacture+of+a+cylindrical+Stent%2C+in+which+layers+of+a+plastic+material+are+welded+together+by+a+Laser+beam.+We+firstly+set+up+the+equations+for+this+system+and+solve+them+by+using+a+Finite+Element+method.+We+then+look+at+various+scalings+which+allow+the+equations+to+be+simplified.+The+resulting+equations+are+then+solved+analytically+to+obtain+approximate+solutions+to+the+radial+temperature+profile+and+the+averaged+axial+temperature+profile.&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F218%2F1%2Fstent-1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Budd%2C+C+J+and+Hewitt%2C+Ian+and+Mitchell%2C+Sarah+and+Coles%2C+Chris+and+Rankin%2C+James+and+Rodrigues%2C+David+and+O%E2%80%99Brien%2C+Mick+and+McKee%2C+Sean+and+Vynnycky%2C+Michael+and+King%2C+John+and+McGinty%2C+Sean++(2008)+Laser+Welding+of+a+Stent.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++