Spray Particle Deposition in Human Airways
Application ID: 125741
This example demonstrates how to import and repair a surface mesh from an STL file, and to create a mesh to simulate nasal spray application inside the human upper airways. It further demonstrates how to combine the repaired mesh with the geometry of a nasal spray, then to remesh and create a boundary layer mesh suitable for the fluid flow simulation. Finally, the model solves for the fluid flow, simulating the process of inhaling through the nostrils while injecting particles through the nasal spray.
The STL geometry in this example is provided courtesy of Mark Yeoman, Continuum Blue, U.K.
This model example illustrates applications of this type that would nominally be built using the following products:
however, additional products may be required to completely define and model it. Furthermore, this example may also be defined and modeled using components from the following product combinations:
- COMSOL Multiphysics® and
- Particle Tracing Module and
- either the CFD Module, or Heat Transfer Module
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