Monte Carlo simulation of liquid bridge rupture: Application to lung physiology

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Alencar, Adriano M ^a   Wolfe, Elie ^b   Buldyrev, Sergey V ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PULMONARY DISEASES;

LATTICE GAS MODELS; LIQUID BRIDGES; MECHANICAL STABILITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748316800     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.026311     Document Type: Article

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