The physics of respiratory particle generation, fate in the air, and inhalation

L Morawska, G Buonanno, A Mikszewski… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Given that breathing is one of the most fundamental physiological functions, there is an
urgent need to broaden our understanding of the fluid dynamics that governs it. There would …

Review of indoor aerosol generation, transport, and control in the context of COVID‐19

MA Kohanski, LJ Lo, MS Waring - International forum of allergy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has heightened the
awareness of aerosol generation by human expiratory events and their potential role in viral …

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 …

A review on applications of CFD modeling in COVID-19 pandemic

F Mohamadi, A Fazeli - Archives of Computational Methods in …, 2022 - Springer
COVID-19 pandemic has started a big challenge to the world health and economy during
recent years. Many efforts were made to use the computation fluid dynamic (CFD) approach …

Back to normal: an old physics route to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in indoor spaces

FJ García de Abajo, RJ Hernández, I Kaminer… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We advocate the widespread use of UV-C light as a short-term, easily deployable, and
affordable way to limit virus spread in the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Radical social …

Behavior of cough droplets emitted from Covid-19 patient in hospital isolation room with different ventilation configurations

HT Dao, KS Kim - Building and environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The world is now facing the Covid-19 pandemic and the control of Covid-19 spread in health
care facilities is a serious concern. The ventilation system in hospital isolation rooms with …

COVID-19: effects of environmental conditions on the propagation of respiratory droplets

L Zhao, Y Qi, P Luzzatto-Fegiz, Y Cui, Y Zhu - Nano letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread, a detailed understanding on
the transmission mechanisms is of paramount importance. The disease transmits mainly …

[HTML][HTML] Airborne transmission of virus-laden aerosols inside a music classroom: Effects of portable purifiers and aerosol injection rates

SR Narayanan, S Yang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shifted attention to the airborne transmission of
exhaled droplet nuclei within indoor environments. The spread of aerosols through singing …

Investigation on the contaminant distribution with improved ventilation system in hospital isolation rooms: Effect of supply and exhaust air diffuser configurations

J Cho - Applied thermal engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
This study, that is practice-based learning in a real hospital construction project, has
evaluated the ventilation performance of three strategies in the protection of health care …

CFD study of exhaled droplet transmission between occupants under different ventilation strategies in a typical office room

Q He, J Niu, N Gao, T Zhu, J Wu - Building and Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper investigated the transmission of respiratory droplets between two seated
occupants equipped with one type of personalized ventilation (PV) device using round …