Potential airborne transmission between two isolation cubicles through a shared anteroom

Building and Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 264-278

  Hang, Jian ^a   Li, Yuguo ^b   Ching, W H ^c   Wei, Jianjian ^b   Jin, Ruiqiu ^a   Liu, Li ^d   Xie, Xiaojian ^e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Airport Facilities Management CLP Engineering   (Hong Kong)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation; Door motion; Full scale field experiment; Inter cubicle airborne transmission; Isolation room

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DOORS;

AIRBORNE PATHOGENS; AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION; BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; FULL-SCALE FIELD EXPERIMENT; ISOLATION ROOM; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

TRANSMISSIONS;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PATHOGEN;

EID: 84925615003     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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