A method for three-dimensional Navier-Stokes simulations of large-scale regions of the human lung airway

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 0511011-0511018

  Walters, D Keith ^a   Luke, William H ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTING POWER; ENSEMBLE METHODS; FINITE NUMBER; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLOW FEATURES; FLOW GEOMETRIES; FLOW PATH; FULL RESOLUTIONS; HUMAN LUNG; LUNG MODEL; MESH SIZE; NEW APPROACHES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSICAL MODEL; PULMONARY AIRWAYS; STOCHASTIC COUPLING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COST REDUCTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77955283654     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001448     Document Type: Article

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