Comparison of numerical simulations to experiments for atomization in a jet nebulizer

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Lelong, Nicolas ^a   Vecellio, Laurent ^a   Sommer De Gélicourt, Yann ^b   Tanguy, Christian ^c   Diot, Patrice ^a   Junqua Moullet, Alexandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

^c A/S Dantec Dynamics Measurement Technology   (France)

^d CEA LE RIPAULT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JET NEBULIZER; LASER DIFFRACTION; NEBULIZATION; NEBULIZER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOMENOLOGY; SIMULATION;

AEROSOLS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84892934085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078659     Document Type: Article

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