Viral infection transmission and indoor air quality: A systematic review

Z Alqarni, Y Rezgui, I Petri, A Ghoroghi - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Respiratory disease transmission in indoor environments presents persistent challenges for
health authorities, as exemplified by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. This underscores the …

Numerical studies of indoor particulate and gaseous micropollutant transport and its impact on human health in densely-occupied spaces

X Li, Y Yan, X Fang, J Tu - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Micropollutants (MPs) have increasingly become a matter of concern owing to potential
health risks associated with human inhalation exposure, particularly in densely-occupied …

Reducing the contaminant dispersion and infection risks in the train cabins by adjusting the inlet turbulence intensity: A study based on turbulence simulation

T Wang, Y Zheng, Y Lu, F Shi, P Ji, B Qian… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Existing studies on ventilation in closed spaces mainly considered the average inlet velocity
and ignored the influence of inlet turbulent fluctuation. However, the variation in inlet …

Impact of impinging jet ventilation on thermal comfort and aerosol transmission: A numerical investigation in a densely-occupied classroom with solar effect

X Li, Z Chen, J Tu, H Yu, Y Tang, C Qin - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Urgent demands for ensuring safe and healthy spaces for children have been raised due to
the post-COVID-19 pandemic. This study numerically modelled a densely populated …

The Wells–Riley model revisited: Randomness, heterogeneity, and transient behaviours

AJ Edwards, MF King, CJ Noakes, D Peckham… - Risk …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Wells–Riley model has been widely used to estimate airborne infection risk,
typically from a deterministic point of view (ie, focusing on the average number of infections) …

A Direct Infection Risk Model for CFD Predictions and Its Application to SARS‐CoV‐2 Aircraft Cabin Transmission

F Webner, A Shishkin, D Schmeling, C Wagner - Indoor Air, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Current models to determine the risk of airborne disease infection are typically based on a
backward quantification of observed infections, leading to uncertainties, eg, due to the lack …

Role of Fluid Dynamics in Infectious Disease Transmission: Insights from COVID-19 and Other Pathogens

S Koley - Trends in Sciences, 2024 - tis.wu.ac.th
The spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 depends on complex fluid dynamics
interactions between pathogens and fluid phases, including individual droplets and …

Fast prediction of infection risk using computational fluid dynamics and machine learning

H Lee - 2024 - etda.libraries.psu.edu
This study offers an exclusive analysis of airborne transmission risks in classroom
environments, employing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to explore …