Modeling the fluid dynamics in a human stomach to gain insight of food digestion

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Ferrua, M J ^a,b   Singh, R P ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Gastric flow; Gastric motility; Stomach model; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGY; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; STOMACH;

EID: 77957111764     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01748.x     Document Type: Article

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