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High Spatial Resolution Tomo-PIV of the Nasopharynx Focussing on the Physiological Breathing Cycle

  • Investigations of complex patient-specific flow in the nasopharynx requires high resolution numerical calculations validated by reliable experiments. When building the validation base and the benchmark of computational fluid dynamics, an experimental setup of the nasal airways was developed. The applied optical measurement technique of tomo-PIV supplies information on the governing flow field in three dimensions. This paper presents tomo-PIV measurements of the highly complex patient-specific geometry of the human trachea. A computertomographic scan of a person’s head builds the basis of the experimental silicone model of the nasal airways. An optimised approach for precise refractive index matching avoids optical distortions even in highly complex non-free-of-sight 3D geometries. A linear-motor-driven pump generates breathing scenarios, based on measured breathing cycles. Adjusting of the CCD cameras‘ double-frame-rate PIV-Δt enables the detailed analysis of flow structures during different cycle phases. Merging regions of interest enables high spatial resolution acquisition of the flow field.

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Author:Sandra Melina TauwaldORCiD, Maurizio QuadrioORCiD, Markus RüttenORCiD, Christian StemmerORCiD, Lars KrenkelORCiDGND
URL / DOI:https://www.dlr.de/as/Portaldata/5/Resources/dokumente/veranstaltungen/stab_workshop/Jahresbericht2022.pdf
Parent Title (German):23. DGLR Fach-Symposium Strömungen mit Ablösung, 09./10. November 2022, Berlin, Deutschland
Place of publication:Göttingen
Document Type:conference proceeding (presentation, abstract)
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2022
Creating Corporation:Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. / Arbeitsgemeinschaft Strömungen mit Ablösung, AG STAB
Release Date:2023/02/13
Tag:Flow visualisation; Nasal airflow; Physiological Breathing; Tomographic PIV
Institutes:Fakultät Maschinenbau
Regensburg Center of Biomedical Engineering - RCBE
Regensburg Center of Health Sciences and Technology - RCHST
Fakultät Maschinenbau / Labor Biofluidmechanik
Begutachtungsstatus:begutachtet
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International