On intra- and intersubject variabilities of airflow in the human lungs

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Choi, Jiwoong ^a   Tawhai, Merryn H ^b   Hoffman, Eric A ^c   Lin, Ching Long ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GEOMETRY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AIRWAY MODELING; COHERENT STRUCTURE; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; INSPIRATORY FLOW; MEAN VELOCITIES; MORPHOLOGICAL FACTORS; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; TURBULENT CHARACTERISTICS;

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EID: 71049138508     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3247170     Document Type: Article

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