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Bio-fluid mechanics of the pulmonary system.

Bertram CD, Gaver DP

Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. c.bertram@unsw.edu.au

Presents an overview of leading areas of discovery in bio-fluid mechanics related to the pulmonary system, with particular reference to the airways. Areas briefly reviewed include airway gas dynamics, impedance studies, collapsible-tube studies, and airway liquid studies. Emphasis is placed on promising further directions, such as analysis of interacting fluid-mechanical or fluid-structure phenomena, multi-scale modeling across widely varying length and time scales, and integration of advanced simulations into respiratory investigation and pulmonary medicine.

Published 3 January 2006 in Ann Biomed Eng, 33(12): 1681-8.
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