Guesdon, Pascal; Fullana, José-Maria; Flaud, Patrice Experimental study of muscular draining. (Étude expérimentale du drainage musculaire.) (French) Zbl 1349.74261 C. R., Méc., Acad. Sci. Paris 335, No. 4, 207-212 (2007). Summary: We present an experimental setup representing muscular draining in the lower leg. A collapsible tube is placed vertically in a hermetic chamber connected to a variable pressure tank. With the help of electrovalves we study a draining corresponding to walking. When the external pressure is raised a phenomenon of flow limitation appears and the draining time is very long. We also present numerical simulations showing that a critical passage subcritical supercritical originates the flow limitation. MSC: 74L15 Biomechanical solid mechanics 74-05 Experimental work for problems pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids Keywords:Biomechanics; muscular draining; calf muscles PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{P. Guesdon} et al., C. R., Méc., Acad. Sci. Paris 335, No. 4, 207--212 (2007; Zbl 1349.74261) Full Text: DOI