Secondary flows in the small bronchial tubes: A mesh refinement study

Collection of Technical Papers - 36th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1336-1351

  Soni, B J ^a,b,c   Thompson, D ^a,c,d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 9627 ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Box A ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW FIELDS; MESH REFINEMENT; SECONDARY FLOWS; SKIN FRICTION;

PIPE FLOW;

EID: 33845237373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-3518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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