Physics of Fluids, volume 14, issue 2, pages 862-880

Transient airflow structures and particle transport in a sequentially branching lung airway model

Z. Zhang 1
C. Kleinstreuer 2
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Center for Environmental Medicine and Lung Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2002-02-01
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ISSN10706631, 10897666, 00319171
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Computational Mechanics
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Abstract

Considering oscillatory laminar incompressible three-dimensional flow in triple planar and nonplanar bifurcations representing generations three to six of the human respiratory system, air flow fields and micron-particle transport have been simulated under normal breathing and high-frequency ventilation (HFV) conditions. A finite-volume code (CFX4.3 from AEA Technology, Pittsburgh, PA) and its user-enhanced FORTRAN programs were validated with experimental velocity data points for a single bifurcation. The airflow structures and micron-particle motion in the triple bifurcations were analyzed for a representative normal breathing cycle as well as HFV condition. While both the peak inspiratory and expiratory velocity profiles for the low Womersley case (α=0.93) agree well with those of instantaneously equivalent steady-state cases, some differences can be observed between flow acceleration and deceleration at off-peak periods or near flow reversal, especially during inspiratory flow. Similarly, the basic features of instantaneous particle motion closely resemble the steady-state case at equivalent inlet Reynolds numbers. The preferential concentration of particles caused by the coherent vortical structures was found in both inhalation and exhalation; however, it is more complicated during expiration. The effects of Womersley number and non-planar geometries as well as the variations in secondary flow intensity plus pressure drops across various bifurcations under normal breathing and HFV conditions were analyzed as well. This work may elucidate basic physical insight of aerosol transport relevant in dosimetry-and-health-effect studies as well as for drug aerosol delivery analyses.

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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1063/1.1433495
UR - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1433495
TI - Transient airflow structures and particle transport in a sequentially branching lung airway model
T2 - Physics of Fluids
AU - Zhang, Z.
AU - Kleinstreuer, C.
PY - 2002
DA - 2002/02/01 00:00:00
PB - American Institute of Physics (AIP)
SP - 862-880
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VL - 14
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@article{2002_Zhang,
author = {Z. Zhang and C. Kleinstreuer},
title = {Transient airflow structures and particle transport in a sequentially branching lung airway model},
journal = {Physics of Fluids},
year = {2002},
volume = {14},
publisher = {American Institute of Physics (AIP)},
month = {feb},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1433495},
number = {2},
pages = {862--880},
doi = {10.1063/1.1433495}
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Zhang, Z., and C. Kleinstreuer. “Transient airflow structures and particle transport in a sequentially branching lung airway model.” Physics of Fluids, vol. 14, no. 2, Feb. 2002, pp. 862-880. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1433495.
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