Numerical simulation of gas-solid two-phase flow in lung airways

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-360

  Li, Y ^a   Zhang, C ^a   Zhu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Gas solid flow; Lung airways; Numerical simulation; Turbulence; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745956280     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJNSNS.2006.7.3.357     Document Type: Article

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