| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M07243/02 |
| Title: |
FLOW LIMITATION AND SELF-EXCITED OSCILLATIONS IN COLLAPSIBLE CHANNELS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Luo, Professor X |
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| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Sheffield |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 2000 |
Ends: |
30 September 2002 |
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89,063
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| Medical science & disease |
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One of the principal questions of interest in forced expiration from the lungs is whether there is a causal relationship between wheezing (a kind of oscillation) and flow limitation ie the phenomenon that increasing a large expiratory driving pressure does not lead to an increase in flow rate on account of airway collapse. The proposed research will look into the self-excited oscillations found previously in the two dimensional study and answer the question if there is a causal link between the self-excited oscillations and flow limitation. This will be the first time that collapse and flutter will have been examined together, self-consistently, in the same model problem. In order to better interpret and understand the numerical results and the mechanisms, a direct comparison with a channel flow experimental results that has been designed for the purpose will be carried out.EngProg\
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