Abstract: Blood flow-through segments of large arteries of man, between adjacent bifurcations, can be modeled as pulsatile flow in tapered converging tubes, of small angle of convergence, up to 2 deg. ...

Abstract: Macroscopic elastic moduli governing the incremental deformations of lung parenchyma are calculated on the basis of a model for an individual lung element in the shape of a regular dodecahedron. ...

Abstract: Macroscopic elastic moduli governing the incremental deformation of pressurized lungs are calculated on the basis of a micromechanical study of an individual lung element (alveolus). The spongy ...

Abstract: The mechanics of the lung parenchyma is studied using models comprised of line members interconnected to form 3-D cellular structures. The mechanical properties are represented as elastic constants ...

Abstract: A computational model is presented for unsteady flow through a collapsible tube with variable wall stiffness. The one-dimensional flow equations are solved for inlet, outlet and external conditions ...

Abstract: Experiments were conducted over a range of Reynolds numbers from 50 to 8000 to study the pressure-flow relationship for a single bifurcation in a multi-generation model during steady expiratory ...