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Pressure-Loss Characteristics of an Asymmetric Bifurcation Model of Human Lung Airways

비대칭 인체 기관지 분지관의 압력손실 특성

  • Kang, Min-Yeong (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Won (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology)
  • Received : 2011.09.21
  • Accepted : 2011.12.27
  • Published : 2012.03.01
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Abstract

The characteristics of pressure loss in an asymmetric bifurcating tube were investigated numerically for steady inspiratory conditions. The loss coefficient K calculated for various asymmetry and flow-distribution ratios found in human lung airways showed a power-law dependence on the Reynolds number (Re) and length-to-diameter ratio (L/d), with different exponents for Re $\geq$ 100 and Re < 100. The fundamental characteristics of the asymmetric bifurcation are similar to the case of symmetric bifurcation. In addition, the effect of skewed inlet velocity profiles on the pressure loss was weak, and decreased with an increasing number of bifurcations.

정밀한 물질분배기관인 인체 기관지의 기능을 이해하기 위해서는 호흡에서 발생하는 다양한 유동 및 형상 조건에서 압력손실특성을 파악하는 것이 필수적이다. 본 연구는 기관지 구조의 기본 단위인 분지관의 층류 흡기유동 압력손실을 수치해석을 통해 확인하였다. 인체 기관지에 대한 관찰에서 보고되는 비대칭 형상과 유량분배비율 범위 안에서 압력손실계수 K 는 Re 와 관의 길이만의 함수로 다음과 같이 표현이 가능하며 $K{\propto}Re^{-1}(\frac{L}{d})^{3/4}$, Re<100, $K{\propto}Re^{-1/2}\(\frac{L}{d}\)^{1/2}$, $Re\geq100$, 이는 대칭 분지관의 관계식과 동일한 것이다. 연속분지로 입구 유속분포가 편향될 경우 분지관 압력손실의 변화는 4% 미만이었으며 분지가 반복될수록 그 차이는 줄어들어 무시할 만하였다.

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