Numerical study on the air conditioning characteristics of the human nasal cavity

The air-conditioning characteristics of the human nasal cavity were investigated using computational fluid dynamics. The wall layer was modeled as a heat conducting layer consisting of water with constant thickness placed on top of epithelial cells. By assuming constant tissue temperature, prescribed to be 36  °C, which is close to the alveolar condition, the proposed wall model yielded a spatially varying surface temperature distribution that is in reasonable agreement with the measurement studies in the literature.
Source: Computers in Biology and Medicine - Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Source Type: research