Investigations into transient respiratory control using the work rate of breathing and a non-linear breather

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dc.contributor.authorVilliger, Carmel G.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:28:55Zen
dc.date.adate2009-02-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:28:55Zen
dc.date.issued1991en
dc.date.rdate2009-02-13en
dc.date.sdate2009-02-13en
dc.description.abstractAn optimal and feedback control routines were developed in this thesis to control simulations of a respiratory system with a muscle and lung compartments. The optimal model was used to find the alveolar ventilation and the Van der Pol constants (𝛼, 𝜔, and 𝛆) that could be used in the body during the steady-state of exercise for each workload. Then, the feedback control model was used to simulate the transient exercise states. The alveolar ventilation was calculated in the feedback control model using a proportional (mean) and a derivative (rate) control. Then, the Van der Pol constants were found from the alveolar ventilation found in the optimal routine. In addition, simulations were done in the steady-state for 3 %, 5 %, and 6 % carbon dioxide inhalation. Once the controller constants had been found, the transient-state of the feedback model showed great promise as the partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide did not become more than 3.8 % greater then the value that is maintained in the body. The carbon dioxide inhalation tests came within 3 % of the experimental values given by Reynolds (1972). The results from this thesis show that using a Van der Pol oscillator as the breather in the model seems to keep the partial pressure of arterial CO₂ around the value that is maintained in the body for aerobic exercise and CO₂ inhalation.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentxiii, 197 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-02132009-170901en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02132009-170901/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41013en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1991.V546.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 25120025en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1991.V546en
dc.subject.lcshBreathing exercisesen
dc.subject.lcshRespiratory therapyen
dc.titleInvestigations into transient respiratory control using the work rate of breathing and a non-linear breatheren
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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