·综述·肺泡气流空气动力学数值模拟计算研究进展欧新颖1,罗凤鸣2,万华靖2,王昭力1,阮畅1,陈宇11.四川大学力学科学与工程系,四川省生物力学工程实验室(成都610065)2.四川大学华西医院呼吸与危重症医学科,肺免疫炎症研究室(成都610041)【摘要】肺部疾病因其种类繁多、成因复杂、发病率高、治疗困难等,已成为威胁人类生命健康的一大杀手,部分疾病会对肺泡形态学和组织学产生较为明显的影响。基于计算流体力学的肺泡数值模拟,即对肺泡力学响应及肺泡内流场信息、多相流、物质传递等方面进行数值模拟,对肺部疾病诊断、临床治疗和体外实验有重大意义。该文从几何模型和力学模型的简化及病理差异入手,分析并总结了其在肺泡气流动力学计算方法的条件设置与应用场景,以为肺泡区开展进一步的模拟与应用提供参考。【关键词】肺泡;肺部疾病;数值模拟;计算流体力学;几何模型ResearchprogressincomputationalfluiddynamicssimulationofalveolarairflowsOUXinying1,LUOFengming2,WANHuajing2,WANGZhaoli1,RUANChang1,CHENYu11.DepartmentofAppliedMechanics,SichuanProvinceBiomechanicalEngineeringLaboratory,SichuanUniversity,Chengdu,Sichuan610065,P.R.China2.DepartmentofPulmonaryandCriticalCareMedicineandLaboratoryofPulmonaryImmunologyandInflammation,WestChinaHospital,SichuanUniversity,Chengdu,Sichuan610041,P.R.ChinaCorrespondingauthor:CHENYu,Email:yu_chen@scu.edu.cn【Abstract】Duetotheirdiversetypes,complexcauses,highincidence,anddifficulttreatment,lungdiseaseshavebecomemajorkillersthreateninghumanlifeandhealth,andsomelungdiseaseshaveasignificantimpactonalveolarmorphologyandhistology.Numericalsimulationofalveolarmechanicalresponse,alveolarflowfieldinformation,multiphaseflow,andmaterialtransportbasedoncomputationalfluiddynamicsisofgreatsignificanceforlungdiseasediagnosis,clinicaltreatment,andinvitroexperiments.Startingfromthesimplificationandpathologicaldifferencesofgeometricandmechanicalmodels,thispaperanalyzesandsummarizestheconditionsandapplicationscenariosoftheairflowdynamicscalculationmethodinpulmonaryalveoli,toprovideareferenceforfurthersimulationandapplicationofthealveolarregion.【Keywords】Pulmonaryalveoli;lungdiseases;numericalsi...