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JOURNAL OF AEROSOL MEDICINE AND PULMONARY DRUG DELIVERY
卷 29, 期 1, 页码 46-56出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/jamp.2014.1188
关键词
airflow; computational fluid dynamics; hybrid mesh; mesh refinement; particle deposition; prism elements; sinonasal cavity; tetrahedral meshes
资金
- National Institute on Deaftness and Other Communication Disorders of the National Institutes of Health [T32DC005360]
Background: There are methodological ambiguities in the literature on mesh refinement analysis for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of physiologically realistic airflow dynamics and particle transport in the human sinonasal cavity. To investigate grid independence in discretization of the (sino)nasal geometry, researchers have considered CFD variables such as pressure drop, velocity profile, wall shear, airflow, and particle deposition fractions. Standardization in nasal geometry is also lacking: unilateral or bilateral nasal cavities with and without paranasal sinuses have been used. These methodological variants have led to inconsistencies in establishing grid-independent mesh densities. The aim of this study is to provide important insight in the role of mesh refinement analysis on airflow and particle deposition in sinonasal airway modeling. Methods: A three-dimensional reconstruction of the complete sinonasal cavity was created from computed tomography images of a subject who had functional endoscopic sinus surgery. To investigate airflow grid independence, nine different tetrahedral mesh densities were generated. For particle transport mesh refinement analysis, hybrid tetrahedral-prism elements with near-wall prisms ranging from 1 to 6 layers were implemented. Steady-state, laminar inspiratory airflow simulations under physiologic pressure-driven conditions and nebulized particle transport simulations were performed with particle sizes ranging from 1-20m. Results: Mesh independence for sinonasal airflow was achieved with approximately 4 million unstructured tetrahedral elements. The hybrid mesh containing 4 million tetrahedral cells with three prism layers demonstrated asymptotic behavior for sinonasal particle deposition. Inclusion of boundary prism layers reduced deposition fractions relative to tetrahedral-only meshes. Conclusions: To ensure numerically accurate simulation results, mesh refinement analyses should be performed for both airflow and particle transport simulations. Tetrahedral-only meshes overpredict particle deposition and are less accurate than hybrid tetrahedral-prism meshes.
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