High resolution turbulence modelling of airflow in an idealised human extra-thoracic airway

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 943-964

  Ball, C G ^a   Uddin, M ^a   Pollard, A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMIC MODELS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDICS; FLUIDS; FORECASTING; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE;

COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLOW FEATURES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MEAN VELOCITIES; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PARTICLE-IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); SAGITTAL PLANE; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TURBULENCE MODELLING;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 45449108854     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2007.07.021     Document Type: Article

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