Effect of indoor temperature on the velocity fields and airborne transmission of sneeze droplets: An experimental study and transient CFD modeling

A Bahramian, M Mohammadi, G Ahmadi - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic through the airborne transmission of coronavirus-
containing droplets emitted during coughing, sneezing, and speaking has now been well …

Differences in airborne stability of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern is impacted by alkalinity of surrogates of respiratory aerosol

A Haddrell, M Otero-Fernandez… - Journal of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The mechanistic factors hypothesized to be key drivers for the loss of infectivity of viruses in
the aerosol phase often remain speculative. Using a next-generation bioaerosol technology …

Role of pathogen-laden expiratory droplet dispersion and natural ventilation explaining a COVID-19 outbreak in a coach bus

Q Luo, C Ou, J Hang, Z Luo, H Yang, X Yang… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The influencing mechanism of droplet transmissions inside crowded and poorly ventilated
buses on infection risks of respiratory diseases is still unclear. Based on experiments of one …

Challenges and opportunities for integrating augmented reality and computational fluid dynamics modeling under the framework of industry 4.0

D Mourtzis, J Angelopoulos, N Panopoulos - Procedia CIRP, 2022 - Elsevier
The industrial requirements change rapidly due to the technological advancements, and the
need to immediately investigate prospective system alternatives to develop a more efficient …

Integration of mixed reality to CFD in industry 4.0: a manufacturing design paradigm

D Mourtzis, J Angelopoulos, N Panopoulos - Procedia CIRP, 2022 - Elsevier
Simulation, as a pillar technology of Industry 4.0, is a key tool for improving manufacturing
processes. Simulation is an indispensable set of technological tools and methods for the …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of parameters influencing pathogen concentration in a room with displacement ventilation using computational fluid dynamics and Taguchi methods

BE Yuce, A Aganovic, PV Nielsen… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Analyzing multiple physical factors simultaneously to determine optimal ventilation solutions
can be challenging. Furthermore, this type of analysis needs a large case number to be …

Enhancement effect of human movement on the high risk range of viral aerosols exhaled by a sitting person

J Wu, W Weng, M Fu, Y Li, M Lan - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Human movement could affect viral aerosol transmission. We carried out full-scale
experiments to study the effect of human movement on viral aerosols exhaled by a sitting …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of cough airflow characteristics on respiratory mucus clearance

S Ren, M Cai, Y Shi, Z Luo, T Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A cough is a respiratory reflex for respiratory mucus clearance. The cough airflow dynamics
can be characterized by three parameters, which are cough peak flow rate (CPFR), peak …

Modelling aerosol-based exposure to SARS-CoV-2 by an agent based Monte Carlo method: Risk estimates in a shop and bar

H Salmenjoki, M Korhonen, A Puisto, V Vuorinen… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Present day risk assessment on the spreading of airborne viruses is often based on the
classical Wells-Riley model assuming immediate mixing of the aerosol into the studied …