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A Micromechanical Theory of Flow in Pulmonary Alveolar Sheet

Z. Zhong¹, Y. Dai^1,2, C. C. Mei³, P. Tong^1,4

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
2 Department of Engineering Mechanics & Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P. R. China
3 Civil Engineering Department, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
4 Corresponding author. Tel: +852-2358-7202; fax: +852-2358-1543. E-mail address: pintong@ust.hk