Influence of glottic aperture on the tracheal flow

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 165-172

  Brouns, M ^a   Verbanck, S ^b   Lacor, C ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CFD; Glottis aperture; Idealized mouth throat model; Laryngeal jet; RANS

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PRESSURE DROP;

GLOTTIS APERTURE; IDEALIZED MOUTH-THROAT MODEL; LARYNGEAL JETS; RANS;

AEROSOLS;

AIRFLOW; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; FLOW KINETICS; GLOTTIS; LARYNX; LARYNX MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VORTEX MOTION;

BIOMECHANICS; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 33845191837     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.10.033     Document Type: Article

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