高效、生理逼真的肺气流模拟。
Efficient, physiologically realistic lung airflow simulations.
机构信息
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
出版信息
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2011 Oct;58(10):3016-9. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2161868. Epub 2011 Jul 14.
One of the key challenges for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of human lung airflow is the sheer size and complexity of the complete, multiscale geometry of the bronchopulmonary tree. Since 3-D CFD simulations of the full airway tree are currently intractable, researchers have proposed reduced geometry models in which multiple airway paths are truncated downstream of the first few generations. This paper investigates a recently proposed method for closing the CFD model by application of physiologically correct boundary conditions at truncated outlets. A realistic, reduced geometry model of the lung airway based on CT data has been constructed up to generation 18, including extrathoracic, bronchi, and bronchiole regions. Results indicate that the new method yields reasonable results for pressure drop through the airway, at a small fraction of the cost of fully resolved simulations.
人体肺部气流的计算流体动力学 (CFD) 模拟面临的一个关键挑战是支气管树的完整多尺度几何结构的巨大规模和复杂性。由于目前完全气道树的 3D-CFD 模拟难以处理,研究人员提出了简化的几何模型,其中多个气道路径在最初几代之后被截断。本文研究了一种最近提出的方法,即在截断出口处应用生理正确的边界条件来关闭 CFD 模型。已经构建了一个基于 CT 数据的真实的、简化的肺气道几何模型,包括胸外、支气管和细支气管区域。结果表明,新方法在气道压降方面产生了合理的结果,成本仅为完全解析模拟的一小部分。