TY - CHAP
T1 - The effect of unsteadiness on particle deposition in human upper and lung airways
AU - Liu, Yuxuan
AU - Liu, Yang
AU - Luo, Haiyan
AU - Wong, Martin C.M.
PY - 2011/5/9
Y1 - 2011/5/9
N2 - The particle deposition in human upper airway and lung airways were intensively studied. Most of the investigations considered the flow as steady, and the flow was either laminar or turbulent. However, the actually respiratory flow is strongly dependant on time, and the unsteadiness would affect the particle deposition significantly. In this study, we compared the respiratory flow and particle deposition in CT-scanned human upper airway with both steady and unsteady model in laminar regime. The result indicates that the unsteady effect has significant influence on flow and particle deposition in human upper airways.
AB - The particle deposition in human upper airway and lung airways were intensively studied. Most of the investigations considered the flow as steady, and the flow was either laminar or turbulent. However, the actually respiratory flow is strongly dependant on time, and the unsteadiness would affect the particle deposition significantly. In this study, we compared the respiratory flow and particle deposition in CT-scanned human upper airway with both steady and unsteady model in laminar regime. The result indicates that the unsteady effect has significant influence on flow and particle deposition in human upper airways.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79955616776&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-20326-8_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-20326-8_9
M3 - Chapter in an edited book (as author)
SN - 9783642203251
T3 - Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design
SP - 155
EP - 166
BT - Fundamental Medical and Engineering Investigations on Protective Artificial Respiration
ER -