Flow and particle deposition in the Turbuhaler: A CFD simulation

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 448, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 205-213

  Milenkovic, J ^a   Alexopoulos, A H ^b   Kiparissides, C ^a,b,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

CFD; Deposition; Dry powder inhaler; Turbuhaler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; KINETICS; LIQUID; PARTICLE DEPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER INHALER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; TURBULENT FLOW;

AIR MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRY POWDER INHALERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84875943744     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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