Hybrid Mesh for Nasal Airflow Studies

Table 1

Comparison of discretisation error measurement for hybrid and unstructured mesh type.

	𝜑 = max. velocity (m/s) at the nasal valve (hybrid mesh)	𝜑 = max. velocity (m/s) at the nasal valve (unstructured mesh)
𝑀1, 𝑀2, 𝑀3	1691940, 504259, 218262	2022162, 450233, 136678
𝑟21	1.5	1.62
𝑟32	1.33	1.49
𝜑1	4.6576	4.0123
𝜑2	4.5487	4.5089
𝜑3	4.1892	4.5549
𝑃	4.03	4.7830
𝜑^21ext	4.684	3.8919
𝑒𝑎^21	2.34%	12.38%
𝑒^21ext	0.56%	3.09%
GCI^21fine	0.71%	3.75%