Tomographic PIV measurement of flow in a complex geometry of nasal cavity

Flow inside a scaled model of nasal cavity was measured by tomographic PIV. The model was constructed with transparent silicon. A refractive index of working fluid was matched to the model index by mixing glycerol and water. Four cameras and double pulse laser system were used for tomographic PIV. To obtain high SNR, red fluorescence particles...

Experimental and numerical investigations on the flow field inside pre-and post-surgery models of posterosuperior septectomy

Three physiological functions of nasal breathing (air-conditioning, filtering and smelling) are closely related with airflow characteristics in the human nasal airway. Since fluid mechanical properties are heavily affected by the geometry of flow passage, the changes in anatomical shape of nasal cavity by disorders or surgical treatments alter...