Numerical investigation of influence of human walking on dispersion and deposition of expiratory droplets in airborne infection isolation room

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1993-2002

  Wang, Jinliang ^a   Chow, Tin Tai ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Droplet; Dynamic mesh; Human movement; Isolation room; Lagrangian model

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; HEALTH RISKS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MESH GENERATION; VELOCITY; WAKES;

DISCRETE TRAJECTORY MODELS; DYNAMIC MESH; EXPIRATORY DROPLETS; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; ISOLATION ROOM; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; LOCAL VELOCITY FIELDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

DROPS;

AIRFLOW; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SIMULATION;

EID: 79956352737     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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