Respiratory Biomechanics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Lung Tissue Mechanics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Lung Tissue Mechanics: Historical Overview

      • James R. Ligas

      Pages 3-18

   3. Architecture of Lung Parenchyma

      • E. H. Oldmixon

      Pages 19-33

   4. Volume-Pressure Hysteresis of the Lungs

      • Robert R. Mercer

      Pages 34-38

   5. Lung Tissue Mechanics

      • Stephen J. Lai-Fook

      Pages 39-43

   6. Pleural Mechanics

      • James R. Ligas

      Pages 44-51

3. Respiratory Fluid Mechanics and Transport

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. Respiratory Fluid Mechanics and Transport

      • Mary A. Farrell Epstein

      Pages 55-56

   3. Impedance of Laminar Oscillatory Flow Superimposed on a Continuous Turbulent Flow: Application to Respiratory Impedance Measurement

      • B. Louis, D. Isabey

      Pages 57-64

   4. Current Issues in Understanding Acoustic Impedance of the Respiratory System

      • Andrew C. Jackson

      Pages 65-75

   5. Effects of Curvature, Taper and Flexibility on Dispersion in Oscillatory Pipe Flow

      • James B. Grotberg

      Pages 76-82

   6. Interactions Between Lung Mechanics And Gas Transport

      • James S. Ultman

      Pages 83-89

   7. Nonclassical Features of Gas Transport and Exchange at the Alveolar Level

      • William J. Federspiel

      Pages 90-97

   8. Flow Dynamics of the Nasal Passage

      • Kevin J. Sullivan, H. K. Chang

      Pages 98-105

4. Pulmonary Circulation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. Elasticity of Pulmonary Blood Vessels in Human Lungs

      • R. T. Yen, D. Tai, Z. Rong, B. Zhang

      Pages 109-116

   3. Distensibility of the Pulmonary Capillaries

      • J. S. Lee, L. P. Lee

      Pages 117-122

   4. Recruitment of Pulmonary Capillaries

      • Wiltz W. Wagner Jr.

      Pages 123-129

   5. Pulsatile pulmonary capillary pressure measured with the arterial occlusion technique

      • Jean-Michel Maarek, H. K. Chang

      Pages 130-136

This proceedings volume brings together the invited papers from the Respiratory Biomechanics Symposium of the First World Congress of Biomechanics held in La Jolla, California from August 3D-September 4, 1990. The respiratory system offers many opportunities to apply the different branches of traditional mechanics. Tissue defonnations and stresses during lung expansion can be analyzed using the principles of solid mechanics. Fluid mechanical problems in the lung are unique. There is the matched distribution of two fluids, gas and blood, in two beautifully intertwined, branched conduit systems. The reversing flow of the gas phase presents different problems than the pulsatile flow of the non-Newtonian fluid that is the blood. On the smaller scale, there is the flux of fluids and solutes across the capillary membrane. Finally, there is the problem of coupling fluid and solid mechanics to understand the overall behavior of the respiratory system. In this symposium, we have chosen to address the basic processes that contribute to the gas and fluid exchange functions of the lung. Section 1, Lung Tissue Mechanics, provides an historical background and, then, presents more recent work on the structure of the lung parenchyma, the mechanics of the tissue, and the effects of the bounding membrane, the visceral pleura.

• biomechanics
• blood vessel
• endothelium
• mechanics
• molecule
• positron emission tomography (PET)
• tissue
• tissue mechanics
• tomography

• Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, USA

  Mary A. Farrell Epstein

• Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut, Farmington, USA

  James R. Ligas

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