Effects of natural convection within the anterior chamber on the ocular heat transfer

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 408-423

  Ooi, E H ^a   Ng, E Y K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Boundary element method; Eye; Natural convection; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; EYE; HUMAN EYE; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

BODY FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 78751641550     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1411     Document Type: Article

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