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Deposition of Submicron Particles by Chaotic Mixing in the Pulmonary Acinus: Acinar Chaotic Mixing

Deposition of Submicron Particles by Chaotic Mixing in the Pulmonary Acinus: Acinar Chaotic Mixing
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Author(s): Akira Tsuda (Tsuda Lung Research, USA)and Frank S. Henry (Manhattan College, USA)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 17
Source title: Handbook of Research on Methodologies and Applications of Supercomputing
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Veljko Milutinović (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)and Miloš Kotlar (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7156-9.ch011

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Abstract

In this review, the authors outline the evidence that emerged some 30 years ago that the mechanisms thought responsible for the deposition of submicron particles in the respiratory region of the lung were inadequate to explain the measured rate of deposition. They then discuss the background and theory of what is believed to be the missing mechanism, namely chaotic mixing. Specifically, they outline how that the recirculating flow in the alveoli has a range of frequencies of oscillation and some of these resonate with the breathing frequency. If the system is perturbed, the resonating frequencies break into chaos, and they discuss a number of practical ways in which the system can be disturbed. The perturbation of fluid particle trajectories results in Hamiltonian chaos, which produces qualitative changes in those trajectories. They end the review with a discussion of the effects of chaotic mixing on the deposition of inhaled particles in the respiratory region of the lung.

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