Characterizing the dynamic interactions and exposure implications of a particle- laden cough jet with different room airflow regimes produced by low and high momentum jets

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1955-1966

  Cao, Guangyu ^a   Liu, Shichao ^b   Boor, Brandon E ^b   Novoselac, Atila ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coughed particles; Downward plane jet; Human exposure; Jet momentum

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE CONTROLS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MOMENTUM; SMOKE; VENTILATION;

DISCHARGE VELOCITY; DYNAMIC INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; JET MOMENTUM; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PLANE JET; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

PERSONAL AIRCRAFT;

AIRFLOW; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; JET FLOW; MOMENTUM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC SPACE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84942254738     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2015.03.0146     Document Type: Article

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