An adjustable triple-bifurcation unit model for air-particle flow simulations in human tracheobronchial airways

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kleinstreuer, C ^a   Zhang, Z ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid particle dynamics simulations; Micron particle deposition; Nanoparticle deposition; Segmental decomposition; Tracheobronchial tree

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; NANOPARTICLE DEPOSITION; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; PARTICLE DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SEGMENTAL DECOMPOSITION;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEPOSITION; NANOPARTICLES; TERBIUM ALLOYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; AIR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREATHING MECHANICS; BRONCHUS; HUMAN; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY; TRACHEA;

AIR; BRONCHI; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TRACHEA;

EID: 63449118794     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3005339     Document Type: Article

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