The influence of moving walls on respiratory aerosol deposition modelling

Almost all prior models for respiratory aerosol deposition have utilised rigid analogues of airways, which do not account for the effects of lung motion on particle deposition. This work initially examines particle deposition in a Weibull-type geometry, comparing traditional computational fluid dyna...

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Main Authors: Mead-Hunter, R., King, Andrew, Larcombe, A., Mullins, Ben
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12257
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author Mead-Hunter, R.
King, Andrew
Larcombe, A.
Mullins, Ben
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Mullins, Ben
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description Almost all prior models for respiratory aerosol deposition have utilised rigid analogues of airways, which do not account for the effects of lung motion on particle deposition. This work initially examines particle deposition in a Weibull-type geometry, comparing traditional computational fluid dynamics approaches with a novel moving mesh method. A distinct difference was found to exist between the results obtained using a stationary geometry (with either constant or oscillating flow) and a moving mesh. The second part of the work applies the moving mesh method to a Sprague-Dawley rat airway. It was found that a hybrid moving mesh and oscillating flow method was required to produce optimal results. The new method agrees well with in vivo experimental data for local and global deposition in rat airways.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-122572017-09-13T14:59:18Z The influence of moving walls on respiratory aerosol deposition modelling Mead-Hunter, R. King, Andrew Larcombe, A. Mullins, Ben computational fluid dynamics deposition moving mesh lungs Almost all prior models for respiratory aerosol deposition have utilised rigid analogues of airways, which do not account for the effects of lung motion on particle deposition. This work initially examines particle deposition in a Weibull-type geometry, comparing traditional computational fluid dynamics approaches with a novel moving mesh method. A distinct difference was found to exist between the results obtained using a stationary geometry (with either constant or oscillating flow) and a moving mesh. The second part of the work applies the moving mesh method to a Sprague-Dawley rat airway. It was found that a hybrid moving mesh and oscillating flow method was required to produce optimal results. The new method agrees well with in vivo experimental data for local and global deposition in rat airways. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12257 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2013.05.006 Pergamon restricted
spellingShingle computational fluid dynamics
deposition
moving mesh
lungs
Mead-Hunter, R.
King, Andrew
Larcombe, A.
Mullins, Ben
The influence of moving walls on respiratory aerosol deposition modelling
title The influence of moving walls on respiratory aerosol deposition modelling
title_full The influence of moving walls on respiratory aerosol deposition modelling
title_fullStr The influence of moving walls on respiratory aerosol deposition modelling
title_full_unstemmed The influence of moving walls on respiratory aerosol deposition modelling
title_short The influence of moving walls on respiratory aerosol deposition modelling
title_sort influence of moving walls on respiratory aerosol deposition modelling
topic computational fluid dynamics
deposition
moving mesh
lungs
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12257