Measurement of the mechanical properties of the human lung tissue.
The mechanical properties of human lung tissue were measured in a state of biaxial tension. The experimental data were fitted with a pseudo-elastic constitutive equation proposed earlier and the physical constants were identified.
D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology*; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D011312:Pressure; D013045:Species Specificity; D013314:Stress, Mechanical