Airborne transmission of COVID‐19 virus in enclosed spaces: an overview of research methods

X Zhao, S Liu, Y Yin, T Zhang, Q Chen - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since the outbreak of COVID‐19 in December 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV‐2) has spread worldwide. This study summarized the …

[HTML][HTML] A review on indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19–modelling and mitigation approaches

S Rayegan, C Shu, J Berquist, J Jeon, LG Zhou… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past few years, significant efforts have been made to investigate the transmission of
COVID-19. This paper provides a review of the COVID-19 airborne transmission modeling …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical investigation of aerosol transport in a classroom with relevance to COVID-19

M Abuhegazy, K Talaat, O Anderoglu, SV Poroseva - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The present study investigates aerosol transport and surface deposition in a realistic
classroom environment using computational fluid-particle dynamics simulations. Effects of …

Extended lifetime of respiratory droplets in a turbulent vapor puff and its implications on airborne disease transmission

KL Chong, CS Ng, N Hori, R Yang, R Verzicco… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
To quantify the fate of respiratory droplets under different ambient relative humidities, direct
numerical simulations of a typical respiratory event are performed. We found that, because …

[HTML][HTML] On airborne virus transmission in elevators and confined spaces

T Dbouk, D Drikakis - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The impact of air ventilation systems on airborne virus transmission (AVT), and aerosols in
general, in confined spaces is not yet understood. The recent pandemic has made it crucial …

[HTML][HTML] Visualizing droplet dispersal for face shields and masks with exhalation valves

S Verma, M Dhanak, J Frankenfield - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Several places across the world are experiencing a steep surge in COVID-19 infections.
Face masks have become increasingly accepted as one of the most effective means for …

The role of computational fluid dynamics tools on investigation of pathogen transmission: Prevention and control

S Peng, Q Chen, E Liu - Science of The Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Transmission mechanics of infectious pathogen in various environments are of great
complexity and has always been attracting many researchers' attention. As a cost-effective …

Aerosol persistence in relation to possible transmission of SARS-CoV-2

SH Smith, GA Somsen, C Van Rijn, S Kooij… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 leading to COVID-19 occurs through exhaled respiratory
droplets from infected humans. Currently, however, there is much controversy over whether …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission and reduction of aerosols in classrooms using air purifier systems

S Burgmann, U Janoske - Physics of fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) as an airborne respiratory disease led to a bunch of open
questions: how teaching in classrooms is possible and how the risk of infection can be …

Prediction of the spread of Corona-virus carrying droplets in a bus-A computational based artificial intelligence approach

M Mesgarpour, JMN Abad, R Alizadeh… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Public transport has been identified as high risk as the corona-virus carrying droplets
generated by the infected passengers could be distributed to other passengers. Therefore …