Particle transport and deposition: basic physics of particle kinetics

A Tsuda, FS Henry, JP Butler - Comprehensive physiology, 2013‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The human body interacts with the environment in many different ways. The lungs interact
with the external environment through breathing. The enormously large surface area of the …

Lung parenchymal mechanics

B Suki, D Stamenovic… - Comprehensive physiology, 2011‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The lung parenchyma comprises a large number of thin-walled alveoli, forming an
enormous surface area, which serves to maintain proper gas exchange. The alveoli are held …

Respiratory fluid mechanics and transport processes

JB Grotberg - Annual review of biomedical engineering, 2001‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The field of respiratory flow and transport has experienced significant research
activity over the past several years. Important contributions to the knowledge base come …

[کتاب][B] Interfacial convection in multilayer systems

A Nepomnyashchy, JC Legros, I Simanovskii - 2006‏ - Springer
The interfacial convection in multilayer systems is a widespread phenomenon that is of great
importance in numerous branches of technology, including chemical engineering, space …

The role of time and pressure on alveolar recruitment

SP Albert, J DiRocco, GB Allen… - Journal of Applied …, 2009‏ - journals.physiology.org
Inappropriate mechanical ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
can lead to ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) and increase the morbidity and mortality …

Epithelium damage and protection during reopening of occluded airways in a physiologic microfluidic pulmonary airway model

H Tavana, P Zamankhan, PJ Christensen… - Biomedical …, 2011‏ - Springer
Airways of the peripheral lung are prone to closure at low lung volumes. Deficiency or
dysfunction of pulmonary surfactant during various lung diseases compounds this event by …

The mechanics of airway closure

M Heil, AL Hazel, JA Smith - Respiratory physiology & neurobiology, 2008‏ - Elsevier
We describe how surface-tension-driven instabilities of the lung's liquid lining may lead to
pulmonary airway closure via the formation of liquid bridges that occlude the airway lumen …

Alveolar dynamics and beyond–the importance of surfactant protein C and cholesterol in lung homeostasis and fibrosis

K Sehlmeyer, J Ruwisch, N Roldan… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Surfactant protein C (SP-C) is an important player in enhancing the interfacial adsorption of
lung surfactant lipid films to the alveolar air-liquid interface. Doing so, surface tension drops …

Biomechanics of liquid–epithelium interactions in pulmonary airways

SN Ghadiali, DP Gaver - Respiratory physiology & neurobiology, 2008‏ - Elsevier
The delicate structure of the lung epithelium makes it susceptible to surface tension induced
injury. For example, the cyclic reopening of collapsed and/or fluid-filled airways during the …

Respiratory fluid mechanics

JB Grotberg - Physics of Fluids, 2011‏ - pubs.aip.org
This article covers several aspects of respiratory fluid mechanics that have been actively
investigated by our group over the years. For the most part, the topics involve two-phase …