Z. Zhong1, Y. Dai1,2, C. C. Mei3, P. Tong1,4
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.3, No.1, pp. 77-86, 2002, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2002.003.077
Abstract In this paper we reexamine the sheet-flow model proposed by Fung and Sobin (1969) for blood flow in capillaries in the pulmonary alveoli from micromechanical point of view. The pulmonary alveolar capillary is assumed to be two parallel membranes connected by periodic tissue posts. Blood is spread out into the very thin layer or sheet between the two membranes. The pulmonary alveolar sheet thus has a microstructure of hexagonal cells. A two-scale theory of homogenization is used to establish the canonical equations for the unit cell. The microscale solution is obtained by means of finite… More >
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