Experimental investigation of nasal airflow

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-453

  Doorly, D ^a   Taylor, D J ^a   Franke, P ^a   Schroter, R C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; In vitro experiments; Nasal airflow; Particle image velocimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA VISUALIZATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VISUALIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER; SHEAR FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

IN-VITRO EXPERIMENTS; NASAL AIRFLOW; NASAL CAVITIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

MEDICAL IMAGING; FLOW VISUALIZATION;

AIR; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; METHODOLOGY; NOSE CAVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AIR; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NASAL CAVITY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RHEOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; IN-VITRO; NASAL AIRFLOWS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT;

EID: 48449098617     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM330     Document Type: Article

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