Modelling of evaporation of cough droplets in inhomogeneous humidity fields using the multi-component Eulerian-Lagrangian approach

Building and Environment

Volumn 128, Issue , 2018, Pages 68-76

  Li, Xiangdong ^a   Shang, Yidan ^a   Yan, Yihuan ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Tu, Jiyuan ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cough droplets; Dispersion; Evaporation; Inhomogeneous humidity field; Multi component Eulerian Lagrangian model; Time dependent droplet size

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; EVAPORATION; HEALTH RISKS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; DROPLET EVAPORATION; DROPLET SIZES; EULERIAN LAGRANGIAN MODELS; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN APPROACH; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; INHOMOGENEOUS HUMIDITY FIELD; RESPIRATORY TRACKS;

DROPS;

DISPERSION; DROPLET; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 85035337123     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.11.025     Document Type: Article

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