Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering

Vol.6 No.4(2013), Paper ID 30520, 10 pages

DOI:10.4236/jbise.2013.64061

 

Effects of air sac compliances on flow in the parabronchi: Computational fluid dynamics using an anatomically simplified model of an avian respiratory system

 

Akira Urushikubo, Masanori Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hirahara

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan

 

Copyright © 2013 Akira Urushikubo, Masanori Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hirahara et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Urushikubo, A. , Nakamura, M. and Hirahara, H. (2013) Effects of air sac compliances on flow in the parabronchi: Computational fluid dynamics using an anatomically simplified model of an avian respiratory system. Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, 6, 483-492. doi: 10.4236/jbise.2013.64061.

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