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

Figure 8

The profiles of critical parameters with time for the complete and truncated models. (a) The inlet pressure; (b) the wall pressure; (c) the maximum velocity; (d) the maximum wall shear stress.

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