Characteristics of the turbulent laryngeal jet and its effect on airflow in the human intra-thoracic airways

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 295-309

  Lin, Ching Long ^a   Tawhai, Merryn H ^c   McLennan, Geoffrey ^a,b   Hoffman, Eric A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Computed tomography; Laryngeal jet; MDCT based airway model; Turbulence; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNX; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LARYNX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY TRANSPORT; THORAX;

EID: 34248664406     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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