Characterizing exhaled airflow from breathing and talking

Indoor Air

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-39

  Gupta, Jitendra K ^b   Lin, Chao Hsin ^c   Chen, Qingyan ^a,b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne infection; Airflow; Opening area; Source model; Visualization

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISEASE CONTROL; FORECASTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUSES;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRFLOW; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXHALED AIRS; HUMAN SUBJECTS; MEASUREMENTS OF; OPENING AREAS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SOURCE MODELS; THERMO FLUIDS;

FLOW RATE;

EID: 74049110127     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2009.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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