Hazards of pollutants and ventilation control strategy in industrial workshops: current state and future trend

X Zhao, Y Yin - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Industries such as metallurgy, chemical engineering, metal products, building materials,
welding, and nuclear engineering inevitably emit high-strength pollutants (solid and liquid …

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of human upper airway: A review

WM Faizal, NNN Ghazali, CY Khor, IA Badruddin… - Computer methods and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and objective Human upper airway (HUA) has been widely investigated by
many researchers covering various aspects, such as the effects of geometrical parameters …

Ventilation control strategy using low-dimensional linear ventilation models and artificial neural network

SJ Cao, C Ren - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Directly using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) for ventilation prediction and
control is time-consuming and data-storage-expensive. Construction of linear system is of …

Airborne transmission of biological agents within the indoor built environment: a multidisciplinary review

CD Argyropoulos, V Skoulou, G Efthimiou… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2023 - Springer
The nature and airborne dispersion of the underestimated biological agents, monitoring,
analysis and transmission among the human occupants into building environment is a major …

Seamless numerical analysis of transient infectious droplet dispersion and inhalation exposure-In silico study

T Nishihara, H Li, K Kuga, K Ito - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
To address the problem of airborne transmission caused by droplets/droplet nuclei
containing infectious viruses such as influenza A, tuberculosis, and SARS-CoV-2, the …

Breathing zone and exhaled air re‐inhalation rate under transient conditions assessed with a computer‐simulated person

K Kuga, P Wargocki, K Ito - Indoor Air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The breathing zone of an individual indoors is usually defined as a finite region steadily
formed in front of a face. Assuming the steady formation of the breathing zone, we propose a …

Computational fluid-particle dynamics modeling of ultrafine to coarse particles deposition in the human respiratory system, down to the terminal bronchiole

ND Khoa, S Li, NL Phuong, K Kuga, H Yabuuchi… - Computer Methods and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Suspended respirable airborne particles are associated with
human health risks and especially particles within the range of ultrafine (< 0.1 μm) or fine (< …

Investigation of inhalation and exhalation flow pattern in a realistic human upper airway model by PIV experiments and CFD simulations

X Xu, J Wu, W Weng, M Fu - Biomechanics and modeling in …, 2020 - Springer
In this study, flow field characteristics in the trachea region in a realistic human upper airway
model were firstly measured by particle image velocimetry (PIV) in the air under three …

Review on modeling heat transfer and thermoregulatory responses in human body

M Fu, W Weng, W Chen, N Luo - Journal of thermal biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Several mathematical models of human thermoregulation have been developed,
contributing to a deep understanding of thermal responses in different thermal conditions …

Coupled Eulerian Wall Film–Discrete Phase model for predicting respiratory droplet generation during a coughing event

ND Khoa, K Kuga, K Inthavong, K Ito - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Infectious respiratory diseases have long been a serious public health issue, with airborne
transmission via close person-to-person contact being the main infection route. Coughing …