Elastic Moduli of Lungs

DOI10.1115/1.3173019zbMath0617.73105OpenAlexW2011585022MaRDI QIDQ4728420

E. Kimmel, Bernard Budiansky

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Applied Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3173019

zbMATH Keywords

pin-jointed trussincremental deformationincremental stress-strain relationsparenchymaregular dodecahedroninitial tensionconstitutive behavior of the idealized truss memberslung alveolusMacroscopic elastic modulipressurized lungsspongy lung tissue

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear elasticity (74B20) Biomechanical solid mechanics (74L15) Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92Cxx)

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