Investigation of theoretical scaling laws using large eddy simulations for airborne spreading of viral contagion from sneezing and coughing

K Liu, M Allahyari, J Salinas, N Zgheib… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Using a set of large eddy point-particle simulations, we explore the fluid dynamics of an
ejected puff resulting from a cough/sneeze. The ejection contains over 61 000 potentially …

Effect of stratification on the propagation of a cylindrical gravity current

WK Lam, L Chan, D Sutherland… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of three-dimensional cylindrical release gravity currents
in a linearly stratified ambient are presented. The simulations cover a range of stratification …

Effectiveness of RANS in predicting indoor airborne viral transmission: A critical evaluation against LES

K Choudhary, KA Krishnaprasad, S Pandey, N Zgheib… - Computers & …, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigate the dispersal of droplet nuclei inside a canonical room of size 10× 10× 3. 2 m
3 with a four-way cassette air-conditioning unit placed at the center of the ceiling. We use …

Dynamics of non-circular finite-release gravity currents

N Zgheib, T Bonometti, S Balachandar - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - cambridge.org
The present work reports some new aspects of non-axisymmetric gravity currents obtained
from laboratory experiments, fully resolved simulations and box models. Following the …

[HTML][HTML] Reynolds number and settling velocity influence for finite-release particle-laden gravity currents in a basin

EP Francisco, LFR Espath, S Laizet… - Computers & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional highly resolved Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) of particle-laden
gravity currents are presented for the lock-exchange problem in an original basin …

Sensitivity of puff dynamics and airborne droplet nuclei distribution to variations in violent expiration events

M Allahyari, K Liu, J Salinas, N Zgheib… - Computers & Fluids, 2023 - Elsevier
We use large eddy simulations to investigate the puff and droplet dynamics from violent
expiratory events such as coughs and sneezes in the first few seconds following an ejection …

Front dynamics of elliptical gravity currents on a uniform slope

SJ Zhu, N Zgheib, S Balachandar, A Ooi - Physical Review Fluids, 2017 - APS
In the present investigation, we report data from direct numerical simulations of elliptical,
finite release, Boussinesq gravity currents propagating down a uniform slope. The study …

Propagation and deposition of non-circular finite release particle-laden currents

N Zgheib, T Bonometti, S Balachandar - Physics of Fluids, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The dynamics of non-axisymmetric turbidity currents is considered here for a range of
Reynolds numbers of O (10 4) when based on the initial height of the release. The study …

Gravity currents from non-axisymmetric releases

N Zgheib - 2015 - search.proquest.com
Gravity currents are buoyancy driven flows that appear in a variety of situations in nature as
well as industrial applications. Typical examples include avalanches, oil spills, and turbidity …