Airway closure: Occluding liquid bridges in strongly buckled elastic tubes

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 487-493

  Heil, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BUCKLING; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SURFACE TENSION;

AIRWAY CLOSURE; COLLAPSED AIRWAYS; LIQUID BRIDGES;

RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; LUNG COMPLIANCE; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION;

ELASTICITY; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE;

EID: 0033212716     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2835077     Document Type: Article

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