On the Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modelling to Design Improved Dry Powder Inhalers

1 School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Laboratory for Turbulence Research in Aerospace and Combustion (LTRAC), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne, Australia Respiratory Technology, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Discipline of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Corresponding author: vishal.chaugule@monash.edu

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