Suppose that in a laboratory experiment on inhalation, the average flow rate (Q) was measured which is equivalent to 1L of inhaled air per breath. In one minute, there is approximately 14 breaths. (a) Calculate the average speed in meters per second through your trachea during each inhalation. The radius of the trachea in adult humans is approximately 1 X 10^-2 m From the data given, (b) calculate the Reynolds number for the air flow in the trachea during inhalation. Do you expect the air flow to be laminar or turbulent? (Recall that: 1L= 0.001m^3

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Suppose that in a laboratory experiment on inhalation, the average flow rate (Q) was measured which is equivalent to 1L of inhaled air per breath. In one minute, there is approximately 14 breaths.

(a) Calculate the average speed in meters per second through your trachea during each inhalation. The radius of the trachea in adult humans is approximately 1 X 10^-2 m

From the data given, (b) calculate the Reynolds number for the air flow in the trachea during inhalation. Do you expect the air flow to be laminar or turbulent? (Recall that: 1L= 0.001m^3)

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sorry for the intrusion, but shouldnt the answer for the reynold number be 8.26 x 10^4?

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