Boundary Conditions for Heat Transfer and Evaporative Cooling in the Trachea and Air Sac System of the Domestic Fowl: A Two-Dimensional CFD Analysis

Nina S. Sverdlova; Markus Lambertz; Ulrich Witzel; Steven F. Perry

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045315

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Boundary Conditions for Heat Transfer and Evaporative Cooling in the Trachea and Air Sac System of the Domestic Fowl: A Two-Dimensional CFD Analysis

Nina S. Sverdlova ,

* E-mail: sverdlova@lmk.rub.de

Affiliation Institute for Product and Service Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Markus Lambertz,

Affiliation Institute for Zoology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Ulrich Witzel,

Affiliation Institute for Product and Service Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Steven F. Perry

Affiliation Institute for Zoology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Boundary Conditions for Heat Transfer and Evaporative Cooling in the Trachea and Air Sac System of the Domestic Fowl: A Two-Dimensional CFD Analysis

Nina S. Sverdlova,
Markus Lambertz,
Ulrich Witzel,
Steven F. Perry

Published: September 20, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045315

About the Authors

Nina S. Sverdlova

* E-mail: sverdlova@lmk.rub.de

Affiliation Institute for Product and Service Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Markus Lambertz

Affiliation Institute for Zoology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Ulrich Witzel

Affiliation Institute for Product and Service Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Steven F. Perry

Affiliation Institute for Zoology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NSS ML SFP UW. Performed the experiments: NSS ML SFP. Analyzed the data: NSS ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFP UW. Wrote the paper: NSS SFP ML.

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