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Multiscale modelling of the respiratory tract
Léonardo Baffico a1, Celine Grandmont () 2, Bertrand Maury 3
(2008)
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We propose here a decomposition of the respiratory tree into three stages which correspond to different mechanical models. The resulting system is described by the Navier-Stokes equation coupled with an ODE (a simple spring model) representing the motion of the thoracic cage. We prove that this problem has at least one solution locally in time for any data and, in the special case where the spring stiffness is equal to zero, we obtain an existence result globally in time provided that the data are small enough. The behaviour of the global model is illustrated by three-dimensional simulations.
a –  Université de Caen Basse Normandie
1 :  Laboratoire de Mathématiques Nicolas Oresme (LMNO)
CNRS : UMR6139 – Université de Caen
2 :  REO (INRIA Rocquencourt)
INRIA – Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions
3 :  Laboratoire de Mathématiques d'Orsay (LM-Orsay)
CNRS : UMR8628 – Université Paris Sud - Paris XI
Mathématiques/Equations aux dérivées partielles
Mathématiques/Analyse numérique
Navier-Stokes equations – local existence – coupling of models – ventilation process – Finite Element Method.