Abstract: The mechanical properly of soft tissues is highly nonlinear. Normally, the stress tensor is a nonlinear function of the strain tensor. Correspondingly, the strain energy function is not a ...

Abstract: This article discusses the flow of gas, blood, and water in the lung from the point of view of the development of biomechanics. History is reviewed in order to gain a perspective of the ...

Abstract: Mechanics is as relevant to living organisms as to conventional engineering, and engineers are making contributions to the understanding of physiology, pathology, cell biology, as well as to the ...

Abstract: The stress-strain relationship of the lung parenchymal tissue depends on the alveolar geometry, the elastic property of the alveolar walls (sheets, septa) and the surface tension characteristics. ...

Abstract: A formulation of the finite-element method for both two-dimensional and axisymmetric slow viscous flow is presented. Its application to flow of large particles in a channel or a circular ...