The Respiratory System in Equations

• Main Author: Maury, Bertrand (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: MS&A — Modeling, Simulation and Applications,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Numerical analysis.; Differential equations.; Fluids.; Ordinary Differential Equations.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Numeric Computing.

The book proposes an introduction to the mathematical modeling of the respiratory system. A detailed introduction on the physiological aspects makes it accessible to a large audience without any prior knowledge on the lung. Different levels of description are proposed, from the lumped models with a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Lumped models
• The lung as a resistive tree
• Computing velocity fields
• Gas exchanges
• The lung as an infinite tree
• Data
• Solutions to exercises
• Complements
• Glossary.