Simulation of nasal flow by lattice Boltzmann methods

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 739-749

  Finck, M ^a   Hanel D ^a   Wlokas, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartesian like grids; Comparisons with finite volume method; Computer aided rhino surgery; Grid refinement; Lattice Boltzmann methods; Nasal cavity; Nasal flow simulation; Parallelization; Pressure distributions; Pressure losses

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; VISCOUS FLOW;

CARTESIAN GRIDS; COMPUTER AIDED RHINO SURGERY; GRID REFINEMENT; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHODS; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL FLOW SIMULATION; PARALLELIZATION; PRESSURE LOSSES;

FLOW OF GASES;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; HUMAN; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE BREATHING; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXHALATION; HUMANS; INHALATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NASAL CAVITY; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 34047167455     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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