The effect of inlet velocity profile on the bifurcation COPD airway flow

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-194

  Yang, X L ^a,b   Liu, Y ^a   So, R M C ^a   Yang, J M ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary condition; COPD; Respiratory flow

Indexed keywords

COPD; FLOW FEATURES; INLET VELOCITY PROFILE; RESPIRATORY FLOW;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

AIRFLOW; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FLOW RATE; LUNG; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 29744448939     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.(2006)50:2(181)     Document Type: Article

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