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

Figure 5

Parametric investigation (a) effect of initial airway opening ℎ_𝑜 on flow rate 𝑄 and constriction height ℎ for a fixed tongue replica modulus 𝐸=1.75 MPa, (b) effect of tongue modulus 𝐸 on flow rate 𝑄 and constriction height ℎ for a fixed initial opening ℎ_𝑜=1.2 mm (𝑄_𝑜=10 L/min, 𝑃_𝑜=100 Pa, and ℎ_𝑜=initialconstrictionheight).

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