Muco-ciliary transport: Effect of mucus
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W.L. Lee; P.G. Jayathilake; Zhijun Tan; D.V. Le; H.P. Lee; B.C. Khoo
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Article
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2011
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Elsevier Science
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English
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In this paper, a two-layer Newtonian fluid model consisting of an upper mucus layer and a lower periciliary layer (PCL) is developed to simulate the muco-ciliary transport process. The objective is to investigate the important factors that may affect the muco-ciliary transport and to understand bett