Simulation of Pharyngeal Airway Interaction with Air Flow Using Low-Re Turbulence Model

Figure 8

Pressure distribution in the vicinity of the constriction at Δ𝑃=200 Pa for case with initial constriction height = 1.2 mm and 𝑝_𝑒=200 Pa (𝑃_𝑜=100 Pa, 𝜈_𝑜=10 m/s and ℎ_𝑜=15 mm [2]).

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