Inflow boundary profile prescription for numerical simulation of nasal airflow

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 44, 2010, Pages 515-527

  Taylor, D J ^a   Doorly, D J ^a   Schroter, R C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Boundary conditions; Computational fluid dynamics; Inflow; Nasal airflow; Rhinology

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; PIPE;

AIR FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; FLOW PREDICTION; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; MODEL DOMAINS; MODEL STUDY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ON FLOW; PARTICLE RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SPLITTING TECHNIQUES; TAPERED PIPE; VELOCITY PROFILES; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE BREATHING; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 76049100466     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0306     Document Type: Article

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