Violent expiratory events: On coughing and sneezing

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 745, Issue , 2014, Pages 537-563

  Bourouiba, Lydia ^a,b   Dehandschoewercker, Eline ^c   Bush, John W M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c ESPCI   (France)

Author keywords

biological fluid dynamics; multiphase and particle laden flows; turbulent flows

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FALLOUT; FLUID DYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; CONTINUOUS MODELS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; MULTIPHASE AND PARTICLE-LADEN FLOWS; SUSPENDED DROPLETS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING; TURBULENT FLUIDS;

DROPS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PATHOGEN; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENT FLOW;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 84906929054     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.88     Document Type: Article

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