Constructal theory and flow architectures in living systems
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Constructal Theory and Flow Architectures in Living Systems
We ap ply Constructal the ory to the study of the flow struc ture of the hu man re spi ra tory tree. We show that the flow ar chi tec ture that would per form ox y gen a tion of the blood and re moval of car bon di ox ide best, i. e. with low est re sis tance, would be com posed of a chan nel sys tem with 23 bi fur ca tion with a dif fu sive zone (alveolus) at the end. As this tree matches the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thermal Science
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0354-9836,2334-7163
DOI: 10.2298/tsci0601057r