Effects of differences in nasal anatomy on airflow distribution: A comparison of four individuals at rest

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1870-1882

  Segal, Rebecca A ^a   Kepler, Grace M ^b   Kimbell, Julia S ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAMNER INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Flow experiments; Flow visualization; Human; Inspiratory airflow; Nasal airflow simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESH GENERATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; RESONANCE; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

AIRFLOW DISTRIBUTIONS; AIRFLOW PATTERNS; AUTOMATED PROCESSES; CFD MODELS; CFD SOFTWARES; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; FLOW ANALYSES; FLOW EXPERIMENTS; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; HELICITY; HEXAHEDRAL MESHES; HUMAN; HUMAN SUBJECTS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INSPIRATORY AIRFLOW; LAMINAR AIRFLOWS; LEBANON; MESH GENERATORS; NASAL AIRFLOW SIMULATION; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOWS; RESPIRATORY TRACTS; STREAMLINE PATTERNS; VOLUME RATIOS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE CAVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NASAL CAVITY; NASOPHARYNX; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 54849420677     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9556-2     Document Type: Article

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