Ventilation modelling of the human lung
F.H.C. de Jongh
March 1995
Publisher: Delft University of Technology, ISBN 90-5623-014-X, 197 pages
Table of Contents
1 General introduction
2 Lungmodels
3 Lung mechanics, pressure drop and "work of breathing"
4 Normal respiration mechanisms: Convection and diffusion
5 Mechanisms of importance for High Frequency Ventilation
6 Summary, conclusions and recommendations
Appendices
A Lungmodels in detail
B Surfactant
C The convection-diffusion equation
D Computer program listings
E Some considerations on the fractal aspects of a lung
F Nomenclature, unit conversion tabel and gas constants used