Transient Dynamics Simulation of Airflow in a CT-Scanned Human Airway Tree: More or Fewer Terminal Bronchi?

Figure 6

The velocity magnitude at different cross sections of bronchi. (a) At 0.4 s in inhaling phase; (b) at 0.8 s in inhaling phase; (c) at 1.5 s in inhaling phase; (d) at 2.5 s in exhaling phase; (e) at 3.4 s in exhaling phase; (f) at 4.7 s in exhaling phase.

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