Aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2: physical principles and implications

MC Jarvis - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Evidence has emerged that SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, can be
transmitted airborne in aerosol particles as well as in larger droplets or by surface deposits …

Airborne spread of infectious agents in the indoor environment

J Wei, Y Li - American journal of infection control, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Since the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic, scientific
exploration of infection control is no longer restricted to microbiologists or medical scientists …

Transmission of pathogen-laden expiratory droplets in a coach bus

X Yang, C Ou, H Yang, L Liu, T Song, M Kang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Droplet dispersion carrying viruses/bacteria in enclosed/crowded buses may induce
transmissions of respiratory infectious diseases, but the influencing mechanisms have been …

Immersed boundary methods for simulating fluid–structure interaction

F Sotiropoulos, X Yang - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Fluid–structure interaction (FSI) problems commonly encountered in engineering and
biological applications involve geometrically complex flexible or rigid bodies undergoing …

Enhanced spread of expiratory droplets by turbulence in a cough jet

J Wei, Y Li - Building and Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Coughing has been confirmed as a significant vector for transmitting respiratory diseases. It
can be modelled physically as a turbulent jet to study the dispersion of expiratory droplets …

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) studies on airborne transmission in hospitals: A review on the research approaches and the challenges

TW Tsang, KW Mui, LT Wong - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Airborne transmission has always been one of the contributors to healthcare-associated
infections (HAIs). Throughout the years, building researchers and medical experts have …

Discrete-vortex method with novel shedding criterion for unsteady aerofoil flows with intermittent leading-edge vortex shedding

K Ramesh, A Gopalarathnam, K Granlund… - Journal of Fluid …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Unsteady aerofoil flows are often characterized by leading-edge vortex (LEV) shedding.
While experiments and high-order computations have contributed to our understanding of …

Droplet aerosols transportation and deposition for three respiratory behaviors in a typical negative pressure isolation ward

Y Wang, Z Liu, H Liu, M Wu, J He, G Cao - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Negative pressure isolation wards could provide safety for health care workers (HCWs) and
patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. However, respiratory behavior releases aerosols …

Evaluation of airborne particle exposure for riding elevators

S Liu, X Zhao, SR Nichols, MW Bonilha… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Social distancing is a key factor for health during the COVID-19 pandemic. In many indoor
spaces, such as elevators, it is difficult to maintain social distancing. This investigation used …

The influence of human walking on the flow and airborne transmission in a six-bed isolation room: tracer gas simulation

J Hang, Y Li, R ** - Building and Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
By performing unsteady CFD simulations using RNG k–ɛ model and dynamic mesh
technique, this paper investigates how the walking motion of health care worker (HCW) …