Numerical simulations of aerosol delivery to the human lung with an idealized laryngeal model, image-based airway model, and automatic meshing algorithm

DOI10.1016/j.compfluid.2017.02.008zbMath1410.76484OpenAlexW2587308825WikidataQ47621231 ScholiaQ47621231MaRDI QIDQ1653700

Ching-Long Lin, Eric A. Hoffman, Shinjiro Miyawaki

Publication date: 6 August 2018

Published in: Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc5612319

zbMATH Keywords

non-uniform meshbranch-by-branch analysiscenterline-based modellaryngeal modelmultiple subjects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Physiological flows (76Z05) Physiological flow (92C35)

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Uses Software

• Gmsh
• TetGen

Cites Work

• A multiscale MDCT image-based breathing lung model with time-varying regional ventilation
• Gmsh: A 3-D finite element mesh generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities
• On intra- and intersubject variabilities of airflow in the human lungs
• A level set characteristic Galerkin finite element method for free surface flows

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