Study of expiratory droplet dispersion and transport using a new Eulerian modeling approach

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 7473-7484

  Lai, Alvin C K ^a   Cheng, Y C ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Carrier Transicold (S) Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Drift flux model; Lagrangian model; Mixing; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DISPERSIONS; MIXING; VENTILATION;

DROPLET NUCLEI DISPERSION; LAGRANGIAN MODEL;

DROPS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE CONTROL; DISPERSION; GRAVITY; SIMULATION; VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; EULERIAN MODEL; EXPIRED AIR; MICROENVIRONMENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION;

EID: 35948958566     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.05.045     Document Type: Article

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