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J Appl Physiol 66: 2675-2680, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 66, Issue 6 2675-2680, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Propagation of stress waves in inflated sheep lungs

M. Jahed, S. J. Lai-Fook, P. K. Bhagat and S. S. Kraman
Biomedical Engineering Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506.

If the lung is an elastic continuum, both longitudinal and transverse stress waves should be propagated in the medium with distinct velocities. In five isolated sheep lungs, we investigated the propagation of stress waves. The lungs were degassed and then inflated to a constant transpulmonary pressure (Ptp). We measured signals transmitted at locations approximately 1.5, 6, and 11 cm from an impulse surface distortion with the use of small microphones embedded in the pleural surface. Two transit times were computed from the first two significant peaks of the cross-correlation of microphone signal pairs. The "fast" wave velocities averaged 301 +/- 92, 445 +/- 80, and 577 +/- 211 (SD) cm/s for Ptp values of 5, 10, and 15 cmH2O, respectively. Corresponding "slow" wave velocities averaged 139 +/- 22, 217 +/- 36, and 255 +/- 89 cm/s. The fast waves were consistent with longitudinal waves of velocity [(K + 4G/3)/p]1/2, where bulk modulus K = 4 Ptp and shear modulus G = 0.7 Ptp. The slow waves were consistent with transverse (and/or Rayleigh) waves of velocity (G/p)1/2, with a G value of 0.9 Ptp. Measured values of K were 5 Ptp and values of G measured by indentation tests were 0.7 Ptp. Thus, stress wave velocities measured on pleural surface of isolated lungs correlated well with elastic moduli of lung parenchyma.


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