A model of a radially expanding and contracting lymphangion

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1001-1007

  Rahbar, Elaheh ^a   Moore, James E ^a  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Contractility; Lymph flow; Poiseuille; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILITY; FLUID RETENTION; FLUID TRANSPORT; FLUID VELOCITIES; IMMUNE FUNCTION; IN-VIVO; INLET VELOCITY; INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PLASMA PROTEIN; POISEUILLE; POISEUILLE FLOW; QUASI-STATIC; RADIAL VELOCITY; VASCULAR NETWORK; WALL MOTION; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WHITE BLOOD CELLS;

BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; PUMPS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VELOCITY;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW RATE; LYMPH ANALYSIS; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; HUMANS; LYMPH; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79953025793     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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