The inhalation project is a multi-disciplinary research project investigating health risk and injury caused by inhalation exposure. We combine computational modelling with experimental measurements to explore and better understand air-and-particle dynamics. Our outcomes translate the fundamental research to resolve practical particle inhalation issues.

Selected Papers:

NASAL SPRAY DRUG DELIVERY

  • Inthavong, K. Tian ZF, Tu JY, Yang W, Xue C (2008) Optimising nasal spray parameters for efficient drug delivery using computational fluid dynamics. Computers in Biology and Medicine 38(6):713-26.
  • Tian ZF, Inthavong, K. Tu JY (2007) Deposition of inhaled wood dust in the nasal cavity. Inhalation Toxicology 19(14):1155-65
  • Inthavong, K. Tian ZF, Li HF, Tu JY, Yang W, Xue CL (2006) A numerical study of spray particle deposition in a human nasal cavity. Aerosol Science Technology 40(11):1034-45

INHALATION TOXICOLOGY

  • King Se CM, Inthavong, K. Tu J. (2010) Inhalability of micron particles through the nose and mouth. Inhalation Toxicology 22(4):287-300.
    Inthavong, K. Tu JY, Ahmadi G. (2009) Computational modelling of gas-particle flows with different particle morphology in the human nasal cavity Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows 1(1):57-82
  • Wang SM, Inthavong, K. Wen J, Tu JY, Xue CL (2009) Comparison of micron- and nanoparticle deposition patterns in a realistic human nasal cavity. Respiratory Physiology Neurobiology 166(3):142-151
  • Inthavong, K. Wen J, Tian ZF, Tu JY. (2008) Numerical study of fibre deposition in a human nasal cavity. Journal of Aerosol Science 39(3):253-65.

RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY

  • Inthavong, K. Tu J, Ye Y, Ding S, Subic A, Thien F. (2010) Effects of airway obstruction induced by asthma attack on particle deposition. Journal of Aerosol Science 41(6):587-601.
  • Inthavong, K. Choi L-T, Tu J, Ding S, Thien F. (2010) Micron particle deposition in a tracheobronchial airway model under different breathing conditions. Medical Engineering ;amps Physics 32(10):1198-212.
  • Se, C., Inthavong, K. and Tu, J.Y. (2010). Unsteady particle deposition in a human nasal cavity during inhalation. Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows 2:207-218
  • Inthavong, K. Wen J, Tu JY, Tian ZF, (2009) From CT scans to CFD modelling fluid and heat transfer in a realistic human nasal cavity. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics 3(3):321-35.
  • Wen J, Inthavong, K. Tu JY, Wang S (2008) Numerical simulations for detailed airflow dynamics in a human nasal cavity. Respiratory Physiology Neurobiology 161:125-35