Why chaotic mixing of particles is inevitable in the deep lung

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-66

  Tsuda, Akira ^a   Laine Pearson, Fiona E ^b   Hydon, Peter E ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Poincar section; Recirculation; Self similarity; Stretch and fold; Tangle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; LUNG; LUNG ACINUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MODEL; MOTION; PARTICLE CHAOTIC MIXING; PARTICLE MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIRCULATING ALVEOLAR FLOW; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; STOKES FLOW;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79961119204     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.06.038     Document Type: Article

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