Computational fluid dynamics simulation of airflow patterns and particle deposition characteristics in children upper respiratory tracts

Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 556-571

  Liu, Zhijian ^a   Li, Angui ^a   Xu, Xiaoxia ^a   Gao, Ran ^a  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Airflow patterns; Children upper respiratory tract; Computational fluid dynamics simulation; Particle deposition rates; Stokes number

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872041306     PISSN: 19942060     EISSN: 1997003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19942060.2012.11015442     Document Type: Article

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