Parenchymal stability.
Parenchymal stability.
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实质稳定性。
DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1992.73.2.596
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发表时间:
1992
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通讯作者:
Wilson,TA
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作者:
Stamenovic,D;Wilson,TA
Both continuum and micromechanical models have been used to describe the mechanics of lung parenchyma. Different authors, using different models, have come to different conclusions about parenchymal stability. We show that the continuum model, augmented by bounds on the elastic moduli obtained from recent micromechanical modeling, yields the same conclusions about stability that have been obtained from purely micromechanical modeling: if the lung were homogeneous, it would be stable; local atelectasis would not occur at positive transpulmonary pressure. However, the same analysis yields the prediction that if the surface-to-volume ratio is not uniform throughout the lung, regions of higher surface density collapse if surface tension is large and insensitive to surface area. A micromechanical model that illustrates regional collapse is described.