Abstract: Numerical calculations were performed to study the influence of several physiologic parameters on a forced expiration. It was found that the axial distribution of airway compliance produced ...

Abstract: The nonlinear elastic response of large arteries subjected to finite deformations due to action of biaxial principal stresses, is described by simple constitutive equations. Generalized measures ...

Abstract: Compliant tubes attain a complex three-dimensional geometry when the external pressure exceeds the internal pressure and the tube is partially collapsed. A new technique for remote measurement ...

Abstract: The phenomenon of high-amplitude inflation waves resulting from a sharp axial acceleration of the aorta, as may ocur in road accidents, is investigated theoretically. The aorta is modeled as ...