A Meshless Boundary Method for Computation of Stokes Flow with Particles in the Semicircular Canals of the Inner Ear

Abstract

Benign paroxismal positional vertigo (BPPV) is modeled by introducing free‐floating particles (canaliths) which settle inside the semicircular canals (SCC). The Stokes flow induced by a canalith is evaluated by coupling the force coupling method (FCM) to the method of fundamental solutions (MFS). The proposed methodology results in a straightforward meshless boundary method for the simulation of bounded Stokes flow with finite‐size particles. (© 2010 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)