Development and verification of a high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics model of canine nasal airflow

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Craven, Brent A ^a,b   Paterson, Eric G ^b   Settles, Gary S ^a   Lawson, Michael J ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Canine olfaction; CFD verification; Nasal airflow

Indexed keywords

3D RECONSTRUCTION; AIR FLOW-RATE; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; CANINE OLFACTION; CFD VERIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL CELL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; GRID REFINEMENT; GRID RESOLUTION; GRID SIZE; HIGH FIDELITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; NASAL AIRFLOW; NASAL CAVITY; NUMERICAL ACCURACY; NUMERICAL ERRORS; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION; TIME STEP; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; UNSTRUCTURED HEXAHEDRAL GRID; UPPER AIRWAY;

ANIMALS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPAIR; RESONANCE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE CAVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG; EVALUATION; FLOW KINETICS; LUNG VENTILATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NASAL CAVITY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 77953156899     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3148202     Document Type: Article

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