A numerical simulation of air flow in the human respiratory system for various environmental conditions
Issakhov A. Zhandaulet Y. Abylkassymova A. Issakhov A.
December 2021BioMed Central Ltd
Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
2021#18Issue 1
The functions of the nasal cavity are very important for maintaining the internal environment of the lungs since the inner walls of the nasal cavity control the temperature and saturation of the inhaled air with water vapor until the nasopharynx is reached. In this paper, three-dimensional computational studies of airflow transport in the models of the nasal cavity were carried out for the usual inspiratory velocity in various environmental conditions. Three-dimensional numerical results are compared with experimental data and calculations of other authors. Numerical results show that during normal breathing, the human nose copes with heat and relative moisture metabolism in order to balance the intra-alveolar conditions. It is also shown in this paper that a normal nose can maintain balance even in extreme conditions, for example, in cold and hot weather. The nasal cavity accelerates heat transfer by narrowing the air passages and swirls from the nasal concha walls of the inner cavity.
Air flow in the human respiratory system , Alveolar state , Finite volume method , Heat transfer in the nasal cavity , Navier , Stokes equation
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