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Numerical analysis of the ostiomeatal complex aeration using the CFD method

Abstract

We aimed to analyse ostiomeatal complex (OMC) aeration using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method of simulation based on human craniofacial computed tomography (CT) scans. The analysis was based on CT images of 2 patients: one with normal nose anatomy and one with nasal septal deviation (NSD). The Reynolds-Average Simulation approach and turbulence model based on linear eddy viscosity supplemented with the two-equation k- ω SST model were used for the CFD simulation. As a result, we found differences in airflow velocity through the ostiomeatal complex in patients with a normal nose and those with NSD. In a patient with NSD, the flow is turbulent in contrast to the normal nose (laminar flow). A faster (more intensive) airflow through the OMC was observed in the wider nasal cavity of the patient with NSD than on the narrower side. In addition, we want to emphasise the higher speed of airflow through the apex uncinate process area towards the ostiomeatal complex during exhalation, which, in the presence of secretions in the nose, predisposes to its easier penetration into the sinuses of the anterior group.

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:
Scientific Reports no. 13,
ISSN: 2045-2322
Language:
English
Publication year:
2023
Bibliographic description:
Tretiakow D., Tesch K., Markiet K., Przewoźny T., Kusiak A., Cichońska D., Skorek A.: Numerical analysis of the ostiomeatal complex aeration using the CFD method// Scientific Reports -,iss. 13 (2023), s.1-11
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1038/s41598-023-31166-x
Sources of funding:
  • Free publication
Verified by:
Gdańsk University of Technology

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