Modelling of heat and mass transfer processes in neonatology

Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Ginalski, Maciej K ^a   Nowak, Andrzej J ^b   Wrobel, Luiz C ^c  

^a Fluent Europe   (United Kingdom)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NONMETALS; OXYGEN;

CFD SIMULATIONS; CFD SOLVERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); FLEXIBLE TOOLS; FULLY INTEGRATED; GRAPHICAL INTERFACES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT BALANCES; MEDICAL DEVICES; MEDICAL LITERATURES; NEONATAL CARE; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

MASS TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEVICE; EVAPORATION; HEAT LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER; INCUBATOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEONATOLOGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDATION STUDY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WATER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WATER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEONATOLOGY;

EID: 52649176573     PISSN: 17486041     EISSN: 1748605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/3/3/034113     Document Type: Article

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