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CFD Research2021-10-22T11:37:36+00:00

Recent Highlights

Nasal Irrigation Therapy

Nasal Spray Atomisation

Inhalation Project

Investigating respiratory function from the environment into the upper respiratory airway including the nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, and tracheobronchial airway. The inhaled air may also contain airborne particles which we account for. We seek to understand the behaviour of biological fluids such as mucus, and physiological functions such as olfaction, inhalation, and clearance of foreign particles in the airway.

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Indoor & Built Environment

Investigating indoor air and particle flow behaviour for improving energy efficiency, and thermal comfort in building designs and; inhalation exposure to contaminants. The ventilated air is typically accompanied by buoyancy forces due to temperature differences in the room. Any occupants inside a room introduces additional heat flux, while contaminants in the enclosed environment become prone to re-dispersion from any occupant movement.

Fluid-Particle Dynamics

We use laser imaging techniques such as PIV, LDA, and PDPA, combined with high speed filming to obtain detailed images of fluid-particle systems. For example high speed filming was used to capture a spray atomization to capture the averaged droplet diameters. We have also introduced a new visualisation technique to look at wake flows from moving objects. These results are used as basis for further detailed analysis using CFD techniques

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August 2021 Update

Over 7 months into the year and lots of exciting news from the CFD research team! Our undergraduate student member Patrick has been accepted to present at The Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (ASOHNS)  Annual Scientific Meeting in September 2021 where he will present his work [...]

May 2021 Update

Exciting news! James has submitted his Thesis! Well done James! This thesis is for James' Masters by Research and discusses his experimental investigations of nasal sprays and airflow within the nasal cavity. Not only does it contain interesting findings on these subjects but provides [...]

January 2021

January 2021 - Welcome Jake Emmerling, Patrick Warfield-McAlpine!

September 2020 Update

Well done Kendra Shrestha on your first publication with the group! We're all proud and happy for you. Primary break-up and atomization characteristics of a nasal spray -  PloS one 15 (8), e0236063 Our lockdown monthly meeting in 'Together Mode'

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May 12th 2020 Recent outcomes, well done everyone! J Siu, K Inthavong, Y Shang, S Vahaji, RG Douglas (2020) Aerodynamic impact of total inferior turbinectomy versus inferior turbinoplasty-a computational fluid dynamics study. Rhinology K Inthavong (2020) From indoor exposure to inhaled particle deposition: A multiphase journey of inhaled [...]

Updates 2019

August 19th 2019 Kiao is presenting "Mapping the mucosal surface coverage from nasal irrigation" at ANZRS2019 in Melbourne 20-22 September 2019. Good luck Kiao! https://anzrs.consec.com.au/program.html?date=all June 24th 2019 Welcome Kendra Shesthra, James Van Strien 🙂 November 9th 2018 SCONA & RMIT Biomedical Health Innovations Workshop [...]

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