Fluid dynamics simulations show that facial masks can suppress the spread of COVID-19 in indoor environments

A Khosronejad, C Santoni, K Flora, Z Zhang, S Kang… - Aip Advances, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The coronavirus disease outbreak of 2019 has been causing significant loss of life and
unprecedented economic loss throughout the world. Social distancing and face masks are …

A computational study of expiratory particle transport and vortex dynamics during breathing with and without face masks

A Khosronejad, S Kang, F Wermelinger… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We present high-fidelity numerical simulations of expiratory biosol transport during normal
breathing under indoor, stagnant air conditions with and without a facile mask. We …

Lagrangian dynamics of particle transport in oral and nasal breathing

H Seyedzadeh, W Oaks, J Craig, M Aksen, MS Sanz… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We present a large-eddy simulation (LES) of saliva particle transport during normal human
breathing through the nose and mouth. The flow of the air–saliva mixture is modeled using …

On the genesis and evolution of barchan dunes: Morphodynamics

A Khosronejad, F Sotiropoulos - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
Barchan dunes are crescent-shaped formations of sand that can dominate both desert and
subaqueous landscapes when the supply of sand is scarce. Because of the complexity and …

Effect of inlet turbulent boundary conditions on scour predictions of coupled LES and morphodynamics in a field-scale river: Bankfull flow conditions

A Khosronejad, K Flora, S Kang - Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents a systematic numerical investigation to study the effects of inlet turbulent
boundary conditions on the coupled hydrodynamics and morphodynamics computations of …

On the morphodynamics of a wide class of large‐scale meandering rivers: insights gained by coupling LES with sediment‐dynamics

A Khosronejad, AB Limaye, Z Zhang… - Journal of Advances …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In meandering rivers, interactions between flow, sediment transport, and bed topography
affect diverse processes, including bedform development and channel migration. Predicting …

High-fidelity numerical modeling of the Upper Mississippi River under extreme flood condition

A Khosronejad, T Le, P DeWall, N Bartelt… - Advances in water …, 2016 - Elsevier
We present data-driven numerical simulations of extreme flooding in a large-scale river
coupling coherent-structure resolving hydrodynamics with bed morphodynamics under live …

Storage and release of conservative solute between karst conduit and fissures using a laboratory analog

H Ji, M Luo, M Yin, C Li, L Wan, K Huang - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
The contaminant transport processes in karst water systems have a direct impact on the
quality and utilization of karst water resources. The storage and release of contaminants or …

Field and numerical investigation of transport mechanisms in a surface storage zone

J Sandoval, E Mignot, L Mao, P Pastén… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In‐stream surface storage zones (SSZs) caused by lateral recirculation areas play a
significant role in the transport and fate of contaminants in rivers. Lateral recirculating areas …

A comparative study of rigid-lid and level-set methods for LES of open-channel flows: Morphodynamics

A Khosronejad, MG Arabi, D Angelidis… - Environmental Fluid …, 2020 - Springer
Computational modeling of open-channel flows is usually carried out using the rigid-lid (RL)
assumption to prescribe the water surface. Such an approach deems more appropriate for …