Infraglottic aspect of canine vocal fold vibration: Effect of increase of mean airflow rate and lengthening of vocal fold

The mucosal upheaval (MU), where the mucosal wave starts and propagates upward, appears only when the vocal fold vibrates. The location of the MU histologically and the effect of changes in mean air flow rate (MFR) and vocal fold length on occurrence of the MU were studied in twelve excised canine larynges. The lower surface of the vocal fold was marked to serve as a landmark for subsequent study. Cricothyroid approximation was performed to lengthen the vocal fold. After taking high-speed pictures or recording stroboscopic images from the tracheal side, a small cut wound was made at the mark. This wound served to compare the position of the MU with the histologically identified location of the mark. The larynx was then sectioned in the frontal plane. Before lengthening the vocal fold, the MU occurred on the area where the lamina propria became thinner and where the muscular layer neared the epithelial layer. After lengthening the vocal fold, the MU actually shifted medially compared with its original position. The subglottic area surrounded by the bilateral MUs became longer and thinner. Whether or not complete glottal closure during a vibratory cycle was achieved did not alter these findings. In contrast, with a fixed vocal fold length the MU appeared more laterally as MFR increased, but, based on the relation with the mark, its location on the vocal fold did not change from its original position before increase of MFR.     

Approximations of open quotient and speed quotient from glottal airflow and egg waveforms : Effects of measurement criteria and sound pressure level

Noninvasive measures of vocal fold activity are useful for describingnormal and disordered voice production. Measures of open and speed quotient from glottal airflow and electroglottographic (EGG) waveforms have been used to describe timing events associated with vocal fold vibration. To date, there has been little consistency in the measurement criteria used to calculate quotient values. In this study, criteria of 20% and 50% were applied to the AC amplitude of glottal airflow and inverted EGG waveforms for measurement of open quotient. Criteria of 20%, 50%, and 80%, and a midslope criterion that segmented the waveform between 20% and 80% of the waveform amplitude, were used for the calculation of speed quotient. Subjects produced waveforms at sound pressure levels (SPL) of 70, 75, 80 and 85 dB. Results indicated that approximations of open quotient obtained from the glottal airflow waveform significantly decreased using both the 20% and 50% criteria as SPL increased from 80 to 85 dB. No significant changes were found in open quotient from the EGG waveform as a function of SPL. Results of speed quotient measures from the glottal airflow and EGG waveforms showed a generally increasing trend as SPL increased, although the differences were not statistically significant. The data suggest that the signal type, measurement criterion and SPL must be considered in interpreting quotient measures.     

气管支气管树内气流和颗粒运动的大涡模拟

为更精确地描述真实人体呼吸道内的空气流动,明晰颗粒的运动沉积规律,本文从直接医学CT扫描得到的原始数据出发,利用图像辨识技术,重构了一个男性真人气管支气管树前三级的三维几何模型.采用大涡模拟的方法计算了非规则几何曲面结构内的气体流动现象,并在拉格朗日框架下跟踪颗粒的运动规律.数值计算得到了气流场的三维分布,以及颗粒的运动轨迹情况,结果表明现有基于Weibel的对称模型与真实人体的几何结构有较大的差异,而几何结构对流动影响较大;受非对称复杂结构影响,在不同截面的二次气流速度的分布规律不同;分叉后颗粒进入左右支气管的数量有明显的不同.     

An experimental study of the effect of the blow-in rate on the size of the flow separation region

Experimental results are presented concerning the effect of the air blow-in rate on the size of the flow separation region downstream of a rearward-facing step at different step heights. The stream function is found from the experimental velocity profiles, the streamline = 0 being taken as the boundary line. It is shown that the separation region increases as the blow-in rate is increased. Generalization of the experimental results for different blow-in rates and step heights has made it possible to obtain an analytical expression describing the location of some characteristic lines in the separation region (boundary streamline, reverse-flow boundary, line of reverse-flow maximum velocity, line of variable-velocity layer thickness, and the displacement thickness line). Velocity profiles are obtained by means of a hot-wire anemometer. Analytical expressions are written as polynomials with unknown coefficients. The results obtained may be helpful in developing techniques for the treatment of heat transfer under flow separation conditions.     

送风方式对飞机座舱内污染物传播影响研究

采用数值模拟方法研究了波音737-200座舱模型内的气流场以及污染物传播过程,并通过实验数据加以验证;分析了天花板加侧壁送风(混合送风)、侧壁送风以及天花板送风三种送风方式下座舱内的速度场、涡量场、污染物浓度场和空气龄,并且解释了舱内流场结构对污染物传播过程的影响。研究结果表明:不同送风方式下飞机座舱内污染物的传播过程差异明显,这是由流场结构特征的差异造成的,特别是在小尺度范围内,涡结构十分复杂,严重影响污染物的传播规律;在聚集过程中,污染物更容易在漩涡范围内聚集,而变形主导的气流运动会阻碍污染物向更大范围传播;在排除过程中,天花板送风形式下污染物的排除效率最快,混合送风次之,侧壁送风最慢。这对于防控新冠肺炎是有参考价值的。     

激波诱导气流与液幕、液柱相互作用的实验研究

利用激波管对激波诱导气流与液幕、液柱的相互作用进行了实验研究。通过比较发现,这种相互作用下的液体块变形破碎过程与以往对于液滴进行的研究结果很不相同。当激波与液幕相互作用时,阴影照片和直接照相都表明,液幕的变形破碎行为有很强的三维性,较之液滴的变形破坏机理更为复杂,并且在局部区域,初始时刻液幕破碎抛撒的速度相较激波诱导气流速度为快,本文应用一维变截面激波管理论对这一现象进行了理论分析。     

THE NUMERICAL STUDY OF AIRFLOW ALTERATION CAUSED BY NASAL TEXTURAL ANOMALY AND DIORTHOSIS 1)

鼻腔结构的改变将伴随鼻腔空气动力学特性改变,进而促使下鼻甲等发生自适应性变化。选取鼻中隔偏曲患者并行鼻中隔偏曲矫正术,部分行下鼻甲骨折外移术,将术前和术后患者行鼻腔CT 扫描,根据CT数据对鼻腔气道进行表面三维重建,运用计算流体动力学方法分析术前和术后鼻腔气道的空气动力学特征。通过研究发现,鼻腔结构矫正手术不是以双侧鼻腔气道容积对称为目的,而是应将整个鼻腔结构看作一个整体,尽可能地保护鼻腔的\绿化带",最终达到重塑鼻腔结构之目的,使鼻腔的生理功能恢复正常。     

螺旋槽端面微间隙高速气流润滑密封特性

考虑入口气流压力损失和出口阻塞效应,建立了微间隙端面高速气体润滑密封分析数学模型,对螺旋槽端面微间隙高速气流润滑密封特性进行研究.重点分析了不同密封间隙、密封压力和转速等工况条件下,入口压力损失和出口阻塞效应对开启力、泄漏率及气膜刚度等密封特性参数的影响规律.结果表明:高速气体阻塞效应使出口压力高于环境压力,压力损失使入口气膜压力下降,导致泄漏率和气膜刚度明显下降,并使开启力增加.随着密封压力和密封间隙的增加,阻塞效应增强,导致泄漏率和气膜刚度显著降低.密封压力10 MPa时,泄漏率降低可达20%,气膜刚度的下降可达30%以上.