Volume distributions of avalanches in lung inflation: A statistical mechanical approach

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 3385-3394

  Sujeer, Mamatha K ^a   Buldyrev, Sergey V ^b   Zapperi, Stefano ^b   Andrade, José S ^c   Stanley, H Eugene ^b   Suki, Béla ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

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EID: 0001073901     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.3385     Document Type: Article

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