| dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Andrew James David | |
| dc.description.abstract | Models of ventricular-arterial coupling (VAC) have historically described the heart as a
function of its energetic interaction with the arterial system. However, these models either
represent the dynamic, adaptive cardiovascular system (CVS) in isolation or sacrifice cardiac
mechanics to use simplified, time-averaged values across the cardiac cycle. In this thesis a
facsimile CVS is constructed that characterizes ventricular-arterial interactions with intact
cardiac mechanics as a function of whole-body thermo-fluid homeostatic regulation.
Simulation results indicate proportional-integral (PI) control of heart rate and arterial
resistance is conditionally sufficient to maintain body temperature during square-wave
exercise, but further elements may be required to mimic genuine physiological responses.
These simulations of the primitive model lay the framework of capillary-centric VAC through
the perspective of coupling-as-thermodynamics. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU Policy 190.6.2 | |
| dc.title | The Capillary-Centric Model of Coupling-As-Thermodynamics | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-02T18:37:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-02T18:37:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27648 | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-1075-4485 | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Engineering | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Electrical and Computer Engineering | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Electrical and Computer Engineering | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Ewert, Daniel L. | |
