Airflow and nanoparticle deposition in a 16-generation tracheobronchial airway model

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2095-2110

  Zhang, Zhe ^a   Kleinstreuer, Clement ^a,b   Kim, Chong S ^c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow; Computational analysis; Deposition correlations; Deposition efficiencies; Human tracheobronchial region; Nanoparticle deposition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TERBIUM ALLOYS; THEOREM PROVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION EFFICIENCIES; HUMAN TRACHEOBRONCHIAL REGION; NANOPARTICLE DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION;

NANOPARTICLE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRACHEA;

ALGORITHMS; BRONCHI; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRACHEA;

EID: 56449109262     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9583-z     Document Type: Article

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