Experimental and numerical investigation of micro-environmental conditions in public transportation buses

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2077-2088

  Zhu, Shengwei ^a,b   Demokritou, Philip ^a   Spengler, John ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne disease transmission; Bus microenvironment; CFD; IEQ; Ventilation efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIRBORNE DISEASE; AIRBORNE DISEASE TRANSMISSION; AMBIENT AIR; CFD MODELS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING SYSTEMS; ELEVATED CO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; HARVARD UNIVERSITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MEAN AGES; MEAN RESIDUAL LIFETIME; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OCCUPANCY CONDITIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME; SHUTTLE BUS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VENTILATION EFFICIENCY; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; MONITORING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VENTILATION;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; BUS TRANSPORT; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; VENTILATION;

EID: 77953534602     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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