Numerical simulation of airflow and airborne pathogen transport in aircraft cabins - Part II: Numerical simulation of airborne pathogen transport

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 764-765

  Lin, C H ^a,b   Horstman, R H ^a,b   Ahlers, M F ^b   Sedgwick, L M ^b   Dunn, K H ^c   Topmiller, J L ^c   Bennett, J S ^a,c   Wirogo, S ^d  

^a ASHRAE ^*  (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d ANSYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFTS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); NUMERICAL TOOLS;

AIR CONDITIONING; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VENTILATION;

DISEASES;

EID: 27644457341     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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