Numerical simulation of air temperature and airflow patterns in the human nose during expiration

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 642-647

  Pless, Daniela ^a   Keck, T ^a   Wiesmiller, K ^a   Rettinger, G ^a   Aschoff, A J ^a   Fleiter, T R ^a,b   Lindemann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Airflow; CT; Expiration; Numerical simulation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COOLING; EXPIRED AIR; FACIAL BONE; HEAT EXCHANGE; NOSE AIRFLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EXHALATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NOSE; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURBINATES;

EID: 9344236063     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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