title: Bio-fluid mechanics of the pulmonary system.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. c.bertram@unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: Chris D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bertram
authors.forename: Donald P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Gaver
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena