Breathing as a low frequency wave propagation in nonlinear elastic permeable medium

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 394, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-314

  Kyriakou, Elizabeth ^a   McKenzie, David R ^a   Suchowerska, Natalka ^b   Fulton, Roger R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elastic waves; Mechanics properties of the lung; Porous material

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTIC WAVES; ORIFICES; POROUS MATERIALS; TISSUE; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

LOW FREQUENCY WAVE PROPAGATION; LUNG TISSUE; RAPID TRANSITION; WAVE MOTION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 34247344528     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2006.12.056     Document Type: Article

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