Numerical simulation of human breathing and particle transport through a CT-based pulmonary airway geometry

Author

Richard R. Gruetzemacher III, University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaFollow

Committee Chair

Arabshahi, Abdollah

Committee Member

Pankajakshan, Ramesh; Sreenivas, Kidambi; Briley, Roger W.

Department

Dept. of Computational Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Chronic respiratory illness afflicts more than a billion people worldwide. In recent years computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been established as a paramount tool for studying treatments of respiratory illnesses. This work investigates physiologically appropriate, lobar-specific boundary conditions for numerical simulation of steady and unsteady flow through a computed tomography (CT) based pulmonary airway geometry. Particle transport is modeled in steady and unsteady flow. Analysis is conducted on flow phenomena and particle transport in both steady and inspiratory flow.

Degree

M. S.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.

Date

12-2014

Subject

Respiratory organs -- Computer simulation; Computational fluid dynamics; Respiratory organs -- Mathematical models

Keyword

CFD; Numerical Simulation; Pulmonary Airflow; CT.

Document Type

Masters theses

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

xiii, 66 leaves

Language

English

Rights

https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

Recommended Citation

Gruetzemacher, Richard R. III, "Numerical simulation of human breathing and particle transport through a CT-based pulmonary airway geometry" (2014). Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/149