A review of respiratory anatomical development, air flow characterization and particle deposition

MS Islam, G Paul, HX Ong, PM Young, YT Gu… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The understanding of complex inhalation and transport processes of pollutant particles
through the human respiratory system is important for investigations into dosimetry and …

Develo** a lung model in the age of COVID-19: a digital image correlation and inverse finite element analysis framework

M Maghsoudi-Ganjeh, CA Mariano, S Sattari… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pulmonary diseases, driven by pollution, industrial farming, va**, and the infamous
COVID-19 pandemic, lead morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. Computational …

Pulmonary aerosol transport and deposition analysis in upper 17 generations of the human respiratory tract

MS Islam, SC Saha, E Sauret, T Gemci, YT Gu - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The major problem in understanding the therapeutically targeted drug delivery system in the
deeper airways of the human lung is the lack of adequate data of particle transport and …

Evaluation of airflow and thermal comfort in buildings ventilated with wind catchers: Simulation of conditions in Yazd City, Iran

SH Hosseini, E Shokry, AJA Hosseini, G Ahmadi… - Energy for Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
The usage of passive cooling systems such as wind catchers can reduce the energy usage
in buildings and provide natural ventilation and comfort to its occupants, particularly in hot …

An overview of experiments and numerical simulations on airflow and aerosols deposition in human airways and the role of bioaerosol motion in COVID-19 …

JK Mutuku, WC Hou, WH Chen - Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2020 - Springer
Determining the hotspots and deposition efficiencies (DEs) for aerosols in human airways is
important for both research and medical purposes. The complexity of the human airways …

Targeting inhaled aerosol delivery to upper airways in children: Insight from computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

P Das, E Nof, I Amirav, SC Kassinos, J Sznitman - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Despite the prevalence of inhalation therapy in the treatment of pediatric respiratory
disorders, most prominently asthma, the fraction of inhaled drugs reaching the lungs for …

An efficient computational fluid-particle dynamics method to predict deposition in a simplified approximation of the deep lung

PG Koullapis, P Hofemeier, J Sznitman… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
High-fidelity simulations of the complete airway tree are still largely beyond current
computational capabilities. Towards large-scale simulations of the human lung, the current …

CFD modelling of air and particle flows in different airway models

YH Kim, ZB Tong, HK Chan, RY Yang - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Since complex structure of the human respiratory system leads to the profound effect of the
air flow and particle deposition, a realistic and flexible airway model is crucial for predicting …

Computational fluid dynamics and machine learning algorithms analysis of striking particle velocity magnitude, particle diameter, and impact time inside an acinar …

I Francis, SC Saha - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Complementing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations with machine learning
algorithms is becoming increasingly popular as the combination reduces the computational …

From dust to disease: A review of respirable coal mine dust lung deposition and advances in cfd modeling

E Madureira, A Aboelezz, WC Su, P Roghanchi - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The United States has witnessed a concerning surge in the incidence of diseases like Coal
Workers' Pneumoconiosis (CWP), despite numerous efforts aimed at prevention. This study …