The effect of relative air humidity on the evaporation timescales of a human sneeze

B Stiehl, R Shrestha, S Schroeder, J Delgado, A Bazzi… - AIP advances, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The present paper investigates droplet and aerosol emission from the human respiratory
function by numerical and experimental methods, which is analyzed at the worst-case …

Insights into surrogate respiratory droplet behaviour on inclined surfaces: Implications for disease transmission

A Rasheed, JJ Poopady, D Chakravortty… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2025 - Elsevier
Disease transmission via fluid ejections from infected individuals presents a significant
public health challenge. The ejected droplet frequently lands on substrates with varying …

[HTML][HTML] Interactive Simulation of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions of Airborne Disease Transmission in Office Settings

T Zimmerman, N Sharma, H Bulu… - … and Public Health, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to workplace safety and productivity.
A browser-based interactive disease transmission simulation was developed to enable …

Experimental framework to examine turbulent puffs generated by human coughing

P Bahl, S Bhattacharjee, R MacIntyre, C Doolan… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Respiratory infections spread through pathogen-laden droplets and aerosols exhaled by
humans as part of turbulent puffs. Understanding the dynamics of these puffs is essential for …

A CFD Framework to Study Complex Effects Relating to Airborne Viral-pathogen Transmission

R Shrestha - 2024 - stars.library.ucf.edu
This research used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to examine the behavior of airborne
droplets released during respiratory events. The CFD model utilizes an Eulerian-Lagrangian …

A Novel Framework for Modeling Person-to-Person Transmission of Respiratory Diseases

J Rodriguez, O Price, R Jennings, A Creel, S Eaton… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers assessed the impact of the
disease in terms of loss of life, medical load, economic damage, and other key metrics of …

Entwicklung konkreter Handlungsoptionen für die sichere Öffnung und den Betrieb von Freizeitdestinationen unter Pandemiebedingungen

UA Fichtner, M Piotrowsky-Fichtner, M Fichtner… - Zentralblatt für …, 2022 - Springer
Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie führte weltweit zur Schließung
von Freizeit-und Erholungseinrichtungen. Im Rahmen einer vom baden-württembergischen …

Development of specific guidance for the safe opening and operation of recreational destinations under pandemic conditions

UA Fichtner, M Piotrowsky-Fichtner… - Zentralblatt fur …, 2022 - europepmc.org
Background The SARS-CoV‑2 pandemic led to the closure of leisure and recreation facilities
worldwide. As part of a model study funded by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Social …

Interactions of Aerosol Droplets With Ventilated Airflows in the Context of Airborne Pathogen Transmission

S Schroeder, B Stiehl, J Delgado… - Fluids …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This multidisciplinary study provides a comprehensive visualization of airborne aerosols and
droplets coming into contact with crossflows of moving air utilizing both experimental particle …

[PDF][PDF] Face Masks and the SARS CoV-2: Is It Time to Un-Mask

LA Khan - J Trop Dis, 2022 - researchgate.net
Many preventive measures were implemented: in almost every country globally, including
the mandatory use of face masks in public places to prevent the transmission of severe …