Blood flow in capillaries of the human lung

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Haber, Shimon ^a   Clark, Alys ^b   Tawhai, Merryn ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

capillaries; emphysema; model; perfusion; pulmonary

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARIES; EMPHYSEMA; NONLINEAR CONVECTION; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGICAL OBSERVATION; PULMONARY; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS;

CAPILLARITY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW RATE; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARY FLOW; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; VENULE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARIES; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84887600036     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4025092     Document Type: Article

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