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Volume-cycled oscillatory flow in a tapered channel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

James B. Grotberg
James B. Grotberg
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, The Technological Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201, and Department of Anesthesia, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Abstract

Oscillatory viscous flow in a tapered channel is analysed under conditions of fixed stroke volume. A lubrication theory is developed for small taper and the general result is steady bidirectional drift and an induced steady pressure gradient. The characteristics of the drift profiles change significantly as the Womersley parameter is increased. For large values difficulties arise in the matched asymptotics method which are resolved by introducing a steady drift layer that is much thicker than the Stokes layer. This double boundary layer does not arise in pressure-cycled oscillations. Both Eulerian and Lagrangian drift are examined. The results are compared qualitatively to experimental observations which primarily focus on the application to ventilation in the lung.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 141 , April 1984 , pp. 249 - 264
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© 1984 Cambridge University Press

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