Table 1 Parameters used for simulation.
From: Modeling a 3-D multiscale blood-flow and heat-transfer framework for realistic vascular systems
Domain | Parameter | Symbols | Value | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tongue | Specific heat43 | \(\text{c}_\text{pt}\) | 3421 | J kg\(^{-1}\) \(^\circ \)C\(^{-1}\) |
Density43 | \(\rho _\text{t}\) | 1090 | kg m\(^{-3}\) | |
Thermal conductivity43 | \(\text{K}_\text{t}\) | 0.49 | W m\(^{-1}\) \(^\circ \)C\(^{-1}\) | |
Perfusion43 | \({\alpha }\) | 1\(\times \) 10\(^{-6}\) | ms kg\(^{-1}\) | |
\({\kappa _\text{a}}\) | 1 \(\times \) 10\(^{-12}\) | m\(^{2}\) | ||
\({\kappa _\text{v}}\) | 5 \(\times \) 10\(^{-10}\) | m\(^{2}\) | ||
Metabolic heat gen. rate44 | \(\dot{\text{q}_m}\) | 0 | W m\(^{-3}\) s\(^{-1}\) | |
Blood | Specific heat43 | \(\text{c}_\text{pb}\) | 3617 | J kg\(^{-1}\) \(^\circ \)C\(^{-1}\) |
Viscosity37 | \({\mu }\) | 3\(\times \)10\(^{-3}\) | Pa s | |
Thermal conductivity43 | \(\text{K}_\text{b}\) | 0.52 | W m\(^{-1}\) \(^\circ \)C\(^{-1}\) | |
Density43 | \({\rho _\text{b}}\) | 1050 | kg m\(^{-3}\) | |
Pressure drop parameter37 | \({\gamma }\) | 1\(\times \)10\(^{14}\) | m\(^{3}\) | |
Arterial inlet pressure37 | \(\text{P}_\text{in}\) | 10.6 | kPa | |
Venous outlet pressure37 | \(\text{P}_\text{out}\) | 1.60 | kPa | |
Voxel dimensions37 | Â | 64 \(\times \) 64 \(\times \) 333 | \(\upmu \)m\(^{3}\) | |
Ambient temperature | \(\text{T}_{\infty }\) | 20 | C\(^{-1}\) | |
Inlet blood temperature | \(\text{T}_{in}\) | 35 | C\(^{-1}\) |
