Combining experimental and computational techniques to understand and improve dry powder inhalers

V Chaugule, CY Wong, K Inthavong… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Dry Powder Inhalers (DPIs) continue to be developed to deliver an
expanding range of drugs to treat an ever-increasing range of medical conditions; with each …

Large eddy simulation study of the airflow characteristics in a human whole-lung airway model

H Jing, H Ge, L Wang, Q Zhou, L Chen, S Choi… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Studying airflow characteristics in the human respiratory system is important for
understanding the properties of the aerosol transport and deposition. This study first …

Investigating unsteady airflow characteristics in the human upper airway based on the clinical inspiration data

H Jing, H Ge, L Wang, S Choi, A Farnoud, Z An… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
To enhance understanding of the airflow characteristics in the human respiratory system
during realistic inspiration, we investigated the airflow field in a human upper airway model …

In vitro–in silico correlation of three-dimensional turbulent flows in an idealized mouth-throat model

E Nof, S Bhardwaj, P Koullapis, R Bessler… - PLOS Computational …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
There exists an ongoing need to improve the validity and accuracy of computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) simulations of turbulent airflows in the extra-thoracic and upper airways …

A review on numerical studies of airflow dynamics and particle deposition in human respiratory system

H Jing, X Cui - Particuology, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate assessment and prediction of airflow dynamics and particle deposition in the
human respiratory tract are essential for human health, involving inhaled drugs for treating …

From μCT data to CFD: an open-source workflow for engineering applications

K Kuhlmann, C Sinn, JMU Siebert… - Engineering …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The generation of high-quality volume meshes out of µCT data can be a challenging task
that is mandatory to perform CFD simulations of fluid flows within or around scanned objects …

A 3D printed human upper respiratory tract model for particulate deposition profiling

SH Lim, S Park, CC Lee, PCL Ho, PCL Kwok… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pulmonary route is the main route of drug delivery for patients with asthma and chronic
obstructive pulmonary diseases, offering several advantages over the oral route …

Human upper-airway respiratory airflow: In vivo comparison of computational fluid dynamics simulations and hyperpolarized 129Xe phase contrast MRI velocimetry

Q Xiao, NJ Stewart, MM Willmering, CC Gunatilaka… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of respiratory airflow have the potential to
change the clinical assessment of regional airway function in health and disease, in …

Assessing airflow unsteadiness in the human respiratory tract under different expiration conditions

H Jing, H Ge, H Tang, A Farnoud, MS Islam… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
To enhance the understanding of airflow characteristics in the human respiratory system, the
expiratory airflow in a human respiratory tract model was simulated using large eddy …

Computational analysis of human upper airway aerodynamics

RHJ Hebbink, BJ Wessels, R Hagmeijer… - Medical & biological …, 2023 - Springer
There is a considerable interest in understanding transient human upper airway
aerodynamics, especially in view of assessing the effects of various ventilation therapies …