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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med. 2011 Oct 28;12(10):966–974. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.08.004

Figure 4.

Figure 4

SDB Patient #5: Comparison of flow variables along the pharyngeal airway during inspiration at pre and post-treatment conditions: maximum velocity magnitude (m/sec) along the airway; wall static pressure (Pa) distribution along the anterior airway wall in the mid-sagittal plane of the airway, and wall shear stress (Pa) distribution along the anterior airway wall in the mid-sagittal plane of the airway. Data obtained with steady-state RANS (k-ω SST model). The zones 1 to 5 (see also Figure 1) are marked on the horizontal side views of the pre and post-treatment pharyngeal airway models.