The combined effects of non-planarity and asymmetry on primary and secondary flows in the small bronchial tubes

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-146

  Soni, B ^a   Lindley, C ^a   Thompson, D ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric; Bifurcation; Bronchial tube flow; Non planar

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC; BIFURCATION; BRONCHIAL TUBE; BRONCHIAL TUBE FLOW; COMBINED EFFECT; GEOMETRIC MODELS; INSPIRATORY FLOW; MASS FLOW; MESH INDEPENDENCE; MESH REFINEMENT; NON-PLANAR; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OUT-OF-PLANE ROTATION; PLANAR MODEL; PLANARITY; SYMMETRIC VORTEX; THIRD GENERATION; VORTEX SYMMETRY;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SECONDARY FLOW;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 66149102091     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1802     Document Type: Article

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