Particle inhalation and deposition in a human nasal cavity from the external surrounding environment

Building and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-39

  Li, Xiangdong ^a   Inthavong, Kiao ^a   Tu, Jiyuan ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Facial features; Inlet velocity profiles; Nasal cavity; Particle deposition

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW FIELDS; CFD COMPUTATION; CFD SIMULATIONS; ENCLOSED SPACES; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; FACIAL FEATURE; GAS-PARTICLE FLOWS; HUMAN HEAD; HUMAN NASAL CAVITY; INLET VELOCITY PROFILE; NASAL CAVITY; PARTICLE DEPOSITION; PARTICLE DEPOSITION EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; PARTICLE FLOW; PARTICLE TRACKS; SMALL REGION; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; VELOCITY PROFILES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEALTH RISKS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VELOCITY;

INLET FLOW;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 80052792549     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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