A Computer Model for the Simulation of Nonspherical Particle Dynamics in the Human Respiratory Tract

Table 1

Dynamic shape factors of nonspherical particles, using the definition of the coefficients outlined in (4).

Coefficients	Fibers		Oblate disks
	𝜒//	𝜒⟂	𝜒//	𝜒⟂
𝑎1	8	8	4	4
𝑎2	3	1	3	1
𝑎3	𝛽^2−1	𝛽^2−1	1−𝛽^2	1−𝛽^2
𝑎4	𝛽+(𝛽^2−1)^0,5	𝛽+(𝛽^2−1)^0,5	𝛽	𝛽
𝑎5	β	−𝛽	𝛽	−𝛽
𝐹	ln	ln	Arccos	Arccos