Analytical investigation of cilia induced mucous flow |
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Authors: | Charles Barton Severin Raynor |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering and Astronautical Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois |
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Abstract: | This is an analytic study of mucous flow caused by ciliary motion. The computed flow data may be compared with that already
found exprimentally. The effects of mucous density, viscosity and layer depth on flow phenomena are investigated. The effects
of cilia diameter, length, spacing and oscillation frequency are determined from the equations governing the flow of the mucous
blanket. A pertinent finding of the analysis is that the mucous flow in the airway tubes can satisfy physical constraints
only through the assumption of a variable viscosity in the covering mucous blanket. The mucous viscosity must increase considerably
from the low value at the cillium layer to a much higher value at the air-mucus interface. |
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