Publication detail

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF AIR FLOW IN REALISTIC MODEL OF HUMAN UPPER AIRWAYS

ELCNER, J. LÍZAL, F. FORMAN, M. JÍCHA, M.

Original Title

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF AIR FLOW IN REALISTIC MODEL OF HUMAN UPPER AIRWAYS

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

This article deals with CFD calculations of flow patterns in a realistic model of the upper respiratory tract. RANS method was used for the calculation. The flow was solved as an unsteady one due to its nature. Two breathing cycles were simulated, 15 l/min which corresponds to the idle breathing mode and 30 l/min which corresponds to light activity. The model of upper airways consists of the oral cavity, larynx and trachea, which branches up to the fourth generation. Values of the velocity field distribution calculated are the basis for future calculations of aerosol transport and deposition in the human respiratory tract.

Keywords

Lungs, CFD, air flow

Authors

ELCNER, J.; LÍZAL, F.; FORMAN, M.; JÍCHA, M.

RIV year

2011

Released

1. 3. 2011

Publisher

VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava

Location

Ostrava

ISBN

1210-0471

Periodical

Transaction of the VŠB-Technical university of Ostrava, Mechanical series

Year of study

LVI

Number

3/2010

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

55

Pages to

59

Pages count

5

BibTex

@article{BUT48013,
  author="Jakub {Elcner} and František {Lízal} and Matěj {Forman} and Miroslav {Jícha}",
  title="NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF AIR FLOW IN REALISTIC MODEL OF HUMAN UPPER AIRWAYS",
  journal="Transaction of the VŠB-Technical university of Ostrava, Mechanical series",
  year="2011",
  volume="LVI",
  number="3/2010",
  pages="55--59",
  issn="1210-0471"
}