V. M. Fomin, V. N. Vetlutskii, V. L. Ganimedov, M. I. Muchnaya, V. N. Shepelenko, M. N. Mel'nikov, A. A. Savina, “Air flow in the human nasal cavity”, Prikl. Mekh. Tekh. Fiz., 2010, Volume 51, Issue 2,Pages <nobr>107

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Air flow in the human nasal cavity

V. M. Fomin^a, V. N. Vetlutskii^a, V. L. Ganimedov^a, M. I. Muchnaya^a, V. N. Shepelenko^a, M. N. Mel'nikov^b, A. A. Savina^c

^a Khritianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
^b Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedy, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia
^c Center of New Medical Technologies, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

Abstract: A mathematical model of the air flow in the human nasal cavity is developed under the assumption of a turbulent viscous air flow. The shape of the nasal cavity is modeled with the use of the Gambit graphical software system and tomography data. A numerical solution is obtained by using the Fluent commercial software system. Calculations are performed for various variants of construction of the human nasal cavity.

Keywords: mathematical modeling, nasal cavity, skeleton model, coronary sections, mass flow, stagnant zones.

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Received: 01.06.2009