Thin layer flows due to surface tension gradients over a membrane undergoing nonuniform, periodic strain

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 913-925

  Espinosa, Frank F ^a   Kamm, Roger D ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway liquid; Alveolar liquid; Clearance; Marangoni; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; STRAIN; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

ALVEOLAR LIQUIDS; MARANGONI;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

LUNG SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISCOSITY;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0031281817     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02684128     Document Type: Article

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