Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow over a Ceramic Nanoparticle in Drug Delivery System

Subject Areas : Finite Element Modeling

Mina Alafzadeh ¹ , Shahram Talebi ² , Mojdeh Azizi ³

1 - Academic center for education, culture and research (ACECR), Yazd branch
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yazd university- Yazd, Iran
3 - Academic center for education, culture and research (ACECR), Yazd branch

Received: 2016-04-11 Accepted : 2016-07-02 Published : 2016-06-01

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