[1] On the basis of a 301 day acoustic Doppler current profiler mooring in an estuarine tidal strait the strength and structure of secondary circulation in a region of flow curvature is related to variations in tidal forcing and river discharge. During low-flow conditions the structure of secondary flow is consistent with a centrifugally forced helical flow, with bottom flow toward the inside o...

Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) exhibit orthopnoea and tidal expiratory flow limitation in the supine position. It is not known whether the flow-limiting segment occurs in the peripheral or central part of the tracheobronchial tree. The location of the flow-limiting segment can be inferred from the effects of heliox (80% helium/20% oxygen) administration. If maximal expiratory flow in...

0093-6413/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.mechrescom.2009.09.008 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +33 (0) 540 003 307; E-mail addresses: [email protected] (P. Lubin), glock [email protected] (H. Chanson). A tidal bore is a natural and fragile phenomenon, which is of great importance for the ecology of an estuary. The bore development is closely linked with the tidal range and...

BACKGROUND In acute lung injury, CO2 exchange is enhanced by prolonging the volume-weighted mean time for fresh gas to mix with resident alveolar gas, denoted mean distribution time (MDT), and by increasing the flow rate immediately before inspiratory flow interruption, end-inspiratory flow (EIF). The objective was to study these effects in human subjects without lung disease and to analyse the...

This paper analyses a set of velocity time histories which were obtained at a fixed point in the bottom boundary layer of a tidal stream, 5 m from the seabed, and where the mean flow reached 2.5 m s(-1). Considering two complete tidal cycles near spring tide, the streamwise turbulence intensity during non-slack flow was found to be approximately 12-13%, varying slightly between flood and ebb ti...

Objective: Intermittent oscillatory flow has been reported experimentally to improve axial dispersion of respiratory gases by manipulating the flow waveform of oscillatory flow. We clinically investigated the improvement of high-frequency intermittent oscillation (HFIO). Methods: Seven male rabbits were anesthetized and controlled with conventional ventilation. Arterial blood gas was sampled to...