The Effect of Bronchial Compliance along Parallel Channel under Constant Flow

Abstract

In this study, a numerical simulation is carried out to investigate the nature of flow convection along lower and narrower airways of the parallel channel under constant flow rate through the human lung. This paper aim at to examine the effect of compliance with a real scale model channel (18^th generation) for constant flow. We have graphically illustrated how the variation of compliance affects every flow convection. We also found that the lung model of parallel networks exhibits a larger effect of capacitance when the capacitive time constant is decreased. This implies that a little change in the capacitance  C value causes more flow to be diverted into the capacitive tube, which has an impact on our lung model.