USE OF REVERSE ENGINEERING TOOLS TO CREATE A TEST-BED FOR EVALUATION OF HOUSE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEMS

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

Talaia, P (Author) FEUP; Ramos, A (Author) Other; Souto, L (Author) Other; Pedro Martins (Author) FEUP; Relvas, C (Author) Other; Simoes, JAO (Author) Other; Silva, N (Author) Other; Drummond, M (Author) Other; Renato Natal Jorge (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: ICEM15: 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS

15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics (ICEM)

Porto, PORTUGAL, JUL 22-27, 2012

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Abstract (EN): The use of vented face masks is a common method in persons with respiratory failure. The interface between the mask and the face is associated with failure caused by several factors, as the appearance of cutaneous wounds or ulcers, or air leak by defective mask sealing in cushion-skin contact. The goal of this work is to prepare a test-bed to evaluate the actual vented masks on the market, and to evaluate new concepts to be developed and proposed. A protocol to acquire the geometry of the mask and the face has been established by means of reverse-engineering, and the mechanical properties of mask materials that take a role in the interface have been characterized according with the literature. It is presented an example of a test-bed to evaluate in-vitro the ventilation mask interface and his correspondent version in CAD/CAE. The silicon proprieties as material of the ventilation mask cushion is also presented.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 2