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Evidence of Chaotic Mixing in the Alveolar Region of the Lung
Biological Physics · Submitted 20 Mar 2024
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The authors' main claim We show that asymmetry in the expansion-contraction process (quantified by $\phi$) is required for chaotic advection.
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We report an experimental and numerical investigation to study the role of asymmetry in the expansion-contraction of the acinar wall on the particle transport in the acinus. We model the acinar flow feature using a T-section by appropriately matching the dimensionless numbers to that in the acinus of healthy human subjects. We show that asymmetry in the expansion-contraction process (quantified by $\phi$) is required for chaotic advection. We show the stretch and fold process leading to chaos for a range of $\phi$ and scaled oscillation frequency $Sr$. We show a regime map in this generalize $\phi$ and $Sr$ space and show that most mammalian lungs fall at the boundary of chaotic regime.
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| s0 | We report an experimental and numerical investigation to study the role of asymmetry in the expansion-contraction of the acinar wall on the particle transport in the acinus. | contribution 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.05 | unclear 0.57 |
| s1 | We model the acinar flow feature using a T-section by appropriately matching the dimensionless numbers to that in the acinus of healthy human subjects. | method 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.03 | asserted 0.99 |
| s2 | We show that asymmetry in the expansion-contraction process (quantified by $\phi$) is required for chaotic advection. | result 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.68 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | We show the stretch and fold process leading to chaos for a range of $\phi$ and scaled oscillation frequency $Sr$. | result 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.13 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | We show a regime map in this generalize $\phi$ and $Sr$ space and show that most mammalian lungs fall at the boundary of chaotic regime. | result 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.36 | asserted 1.00 |
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We report an experimental and numerical investigation to study the role of asymmetry in the expansion-contraction of the acinar wall on the particle transport in the acinus. We model the acinar flow feature using a T-section by appropriately matching the dimensionless numbers to that in the acinus of healthy human subjects. We show that asymmetry in the expansion-contraction process (quantified by $\phi$) is required for chaotic advection. We show the stretch and fold process leading to chaos for a range of $\phi$ and scaled oscillation frequency $Sr$. We show a regime map in this generalize $\phi$ and $Sr$ space and show that most mammalian lungs fall at the boundary of chaotic regime.
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