Modeling of the fluid structure interaction of a human trachea under different ventilation conditions

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-15

  Malve M ^a,b   Perez del Palomar A ^a,b   Trabelsi, O ^a,b   Lopez Villalobos J L ^c   Ginel, A ^c   Doblare M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breath; Fiber reinforced material; Finite element method; Fluid solid interaction; Mechanical ventilation; Trachea

Indexed keywords

BREATH; FIBER REINFORCED; FLUID-SOLID INTERACTION; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; TRACHEA;

AIR; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; STRESSES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

VENTILATION;

AIR; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; STRESSES; VENTILATION; WALLS;

EID: 78650282698     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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