Tributes to Yuan-Cheng Fung on His 90th Birthday
Author | : Shu Chien |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789814289955 |
ISBN-13 | : 9814289957 |
Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Ch. 1. Physical mechanisms of soft tissues rheological properties / Yoram Lanir -- ch. 2. Biomechanics of an isolated single stress fiber / Masaaki Sato and Shinji Deguchi -- ch. 3. The origin of pre-stress in biological tissues - a mechano-electrochemical model : a tribute to Professor Y.C. Fung / Leo Q. Wan, X. Edward Guo and Van C. Mow -- ch. 4. How blood flow shapes neointima / Shu Q. Liu and Y.C. Fung -- ch. 5. Illuminating a path : role of biomechanics in understanding adaptive remodeling in the microcirculation / Thomas C. Skalak -- ch. 6. Computational simulations of the buckling of oval and tapered arteries / Avione Northcutt, Parag Datir and Hai-Chao Han -- ch. 7. Role of structural and signaling molecules in cardiac mechanotransduction / Anna M. Raskin, Andrew D. McCulloch and Jeffrey H. Omens -- ch. 8. A novel hemodynamic analysis of echocardiogram / Tin-Kan Hung -- ch. 9. In vitro biomechanical studies in aging human lungs / Shervin Majd and Michael Yen -- ch. 10. Modeling the oxygen uptake in pulmonary alveolar capillaries / Cheng-Jen Chuong -- ch. 11. Two bioengineering solutions for a pulmonary circulation / John B. West