Research Article
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Respiratory Airflow in Tracheobronchial Airways of Infant, Child, and Adult
Table 1
The geometric dimensions of the airway models.
| | Generation | L (mm) | D (mm) | R (mm) | r (mm) | | Infant | Child | Adult | Infant | Child | Adult | Infant | Child | Adult | Infant | Child | Adult |
| | 6 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 8.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.23 | | 7 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.18 | | 8 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.15 | | 9 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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