[HTML][HTML] Fluid dynamics of respiratory droplets in the context of COVID-19: Airborne and surfaceborne transmissions

P Katre, S Banerjee, S Balusamy, KC Sahu - Physics of Fluids, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Several
countries have experienced repeated periods of major spreading over the last two years …

Electrospun nanofiber-based respiratory face masks—A review

VS Naragund, PK Panda - Emergent materials, 2022‏ - Springer
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic of 2019 forced
widespread use of face coverings as a mandatory step towards reducing infection by the …

[HTML][HTML] On airborne virus transmission in elevators and confined spaces

T Dbouk, D Drikakis - Physics of Fluids, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
The impact of air ventilation systems on airborne virus transmission (AVT), and aerosols in
general, in confined spaces is not yet understood. The recent pandemic has made it crucial …

[HTML][HTML] Why coronavirus survives longer on impermeable than porous surfaces

S Chatterjee, JS Murallidharan, A Agrawal… - Physics of …, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
Previous studies reported that the drying time of a respiratory droplet on an impermeable
surface along with a residual film left on it is correlated with the coronavirus survival time …

[HTML][HTML] The motion of respiratory droplets produced by coughing

H Wang, Z Li, X Zhang, L Zhu, Y Liu, S Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2020‏ - pubs.aip.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 has become a global pandemic infectious respiratory disease
with high mortality and infectiousness. This paper investigates respiratory droplet …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Probability of COVID-19 infection by cough of a normal person and a super-spreader

A Agrawal, R Bhardwaj - Physics of fluids, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we estimate the probability of an infected person infecting another person in the
vicinity by coughing in the context of COVID-19. The analysis relies on the experimental data …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission and evaporation of cough droplets in an elevator: Numerical simulations of some possible scenarios

N Sen - Physics of Fluids, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
As the world learns to live with COVID-19 and activities/business open up, the use of
elevators becomes frequent. A pertinent question is what happens if someone accidentally …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of mask-wearing on the inhalability and deposition of airborne SARS-CoV-2 aerosols in human upper airway

J **, XA Si, R Nagarajan - Physics of Fluids, 2020‏ - pubs.aip.org
Even though face masks are well accepted as tools useful in reducing COVID-19
transmissions, their effectiveness in reducing viral loads in the respiratory tract is unclear …

[HTML][HTML] A dynamical overview of droplets in the transmission of respiratory infectious diseases

M Zhou, J Zou - Physics of Fluids, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease has drawn public attention to the transmission of
infectious pathogens, and as major carriers of those pathogens, respiratory droplets play an …