The Effect of Tear Film on Ocular Surface Temperature: A Thermodynamic StudySource: Journal of Heat Transfer:;2013:;volume( 135 ):;issue: 005::page 54505DOI: 10.1115/1.4023543Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The thermodynamic effect of tear film on ocular surface remains ambiguous in literature, though in general it is considered to warm the surface in blinking phase, and cool it at later stage. In this investigation, we modeled the temporal variation in ocular surface temperature (OST) on the basis of Newton's law of cooling to look into the tear film's thermodynamic effect. We assumed, the OST varied periodically and the OST just before a blink was equal to the OST observed when the surface was in equilibrium. Then, this model was incorporated into a thermodynamic equation, describing the heat exchange at the ocular surface. Simulations were subsequently performed to determine the moment when the tear film evaporated the exactly amount of energy it had just brought to the surface by blinking in an interblink period. It was found that, for tear film to possibly warm the ocular surface both in the blinking phase and the entire interblink period, its thickness had to be above 32 خ¼m, assuming the rate of spontaneous blinking was once per 6 s. However, according to literature, tear film thickness is likely to be 3 خ¼m, which in this case, the tear film would evaporate the teartransferred heat just within a second, and the warming effect by tear film would be minimal; cooling should be the dominating effect.
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contributor author | Tan, Jen Hong | |
contributor author | Ng, E. Y. K. | |
contributor author | Acharya, U. Rajendra | |
date accessioned | 2017-05-09T00:59:45Z | |
date available | 2017-05-09T00:59:45Z | |
date issued | 2013 | |
identifier issn | 0022-1481 | |
identifier other | ht_135_5_054505.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/152125 | |
description abstract | The thermodynamic effect of tear film on ocular surface remains ambiguous in literature, though in general it is considered to warm the surface in blinking phase, and cool it at later stage. In this investigation, we modeled the temporal variation in ocular surface temperature (OST) on the basis of Newton's law of cooling to look into the tear film's thermodynamic effect. We assumed, the OST varied periodically and the OST just before a blink was equal to the OST observed when the surface was in equilibrium. Then, this model was incorporated into a thermodynamic equation, describing the heat exchange at the ocular surface. Simulations were subsequently performed to determine the moment when the tear film evaporated the exactly amount of energy it had just brought to the surface by blinking in an interblink period. It was found that, for tear film to possibly warm the ocular surface both in the blinking phase and the entire interblink period, its thickness had to be above 32 خ¼m, assuming the rate of spontaneous blinking was once per 6 s. However, according to literature, tear film thickness is likely to be 3 خ¼m, which in this case, the tear film would evaporate the teartransferred heat just within a second, and the warming effect by tear film would be minimal; cooling should be the dominating effect. | |
publisher | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | |
title | The Effect of Tear Film on Ocular Surface Temperature: A Thermodynamic Study | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 135 | |
journal issue | 5 | |
journal title | Journal of Heat Transfer | |
identifier doi | 10.1115/1.4023543 | |
journal fristpage | 54505 | |
journal lastpage | 54505 | |
identifier eissn | 1528-8943 | |
tree | Journal of Heat Transfer:;2013:;volume( 135 ):;issue: 005 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |