Transport of airborne particles from an unobstructed cough jet

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1183-1194

  Liu, Shichao ^a   Novoselac, Atila ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANEMOMETERS; BUOYANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMAL PLUMES; VELOCITY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

AIR FLOW VELOCITY; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; DIMENSIONLESS ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HOT WIRE ANEMOMETERS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

LATEX;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANEMOMETER; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COUGHING; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTATION; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; JET INJECTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; REFRACTION INDEX;

EID: 84911087826     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2014.968655     Document Type: Article

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