Liquid volume and squeeze force effects on nasal irrigation using Volume of Fluid modelling

Abstract In this paper, we have applied a recently-developed numerical technique to study the three-dimensional dynamics of a confined air bubble rising in shear thinning and shear-thickening power-law fluids. The method is a blend of Volume of Fluid and Level Set methods and incorporates a Sharp Surface Force Method (SSF) for surface tension forces by solving a second Pressure Poisson Equation (PPE). The gas-liquid interface is captured by an equation for the liquid volume fraction and advected using the geometry reconstruction method. The interface normal and curvature are computed using level-set and height function methods. The accurate representation of the interface and interfacial forces significantly suppressed the spurious velocities commonly observed with conventional volume of fluid method and the Continuum Surface Force (CSF). The algorithm is implemented in a in-house code called CUFLOW and runs on multiple GPUs platform. We explored the effects of fluid rheology, Bond number, and wall confinement on bubble’s transient shape, rise velocity, rise path, and generated vortex structures. The power-law index is varied from 0.25 to 1.50 covering shear-thinning and shear-thickening regimes. Three Bond numbers (Bo = 2, 10 and 50) and three confinement ratios (Cr = 4, 6 and 8) are considered, and their impacts on bubble’s dynamics are analyzed. For the range of parameters examined here, bubble motion in a shear-thinning fluid is seen to be unsteady with significant shape oscillations. The bubble rises with a secondary motion in the cross-sectional plane along with its primary vertical rise. However, in the Newtonian and shear-thickening fluids, the bubble’s shape is seen to reach a steady-state in a relatively short time and rise with only minor deviations from the vertical path.

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The Effects of Direction and Velocity of Movement, and Intra-Articular Fluid Volume on Intra-Articular Pressue

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1633176 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 01 (03/04) ◽

pp. 113-121 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

S. F. Straface ◽

P. J. Newbold ◽

S. Nade

Keyword(s):

Dynamic Pressure ◽

Volume Of Fluid ◽

Joint Capsule ◽

Fluid Volume ◽

Structural Configuration

levels. In joints with simulated acute effusion the effect of position on IAP was dependent upon the volume of fluid in the joint. The results indicate that dynamic pressure levels in the moving knee are related to the movements of the joint. The characteristic and reproducible patterns of pressure may reflect changes in the structural configuration of the joint capsule and surrounding tissues during movement, and are influenced by the amount of fluid in the joint.

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