An advanced numerical model for the assessment of airborne transmission of influenza in bus microenvironments

Building and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-75

  Zhu, Shengwei ^a,b   Srebric, Jelena ^b   Spengler, John D ^a   Demokritou, Philip ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne infection transmission; Bus microenvironment; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Displacement ventilation; Mixing ventilation; Wells Riley equation

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; MIXING VENTILATION; WELLS-RILEY EQUATION;

AIR; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISEASE CONTROL; NUMERICAL METHODS; RISKS; TRANSPORTATION; VENTILATION; WELLS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUS TRANSPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INFLUENZA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; VENTILATION;

EID: 80052800326     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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