CFD design and characterization of a supersonic conic nozzle for powdered vaccine/drug delivery system

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2047-2055

  Liu, Y ^a,b   Costigan, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; NEEDLES; TRANSONIC FLOW;

POWDER INJECTION SYSTEM; POWDERED VACCINE; SUPERSONIC CONIC NOZZLE; TRANSONIC HELIUM FLOW;

NOZZLES;

EID: 33845401319     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-3661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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