ReviewPhysics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994)2021
Fluid dynamics of respiratory droplets in the context of COVID-19: Airborne and surfaceborne transmissions.
Review in Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Effect of indoor temperature on the velocity fields and airborne transmission of sneeze droplets: An experimental study and transient CFD modeling.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Prediction of respiratory droplets evolution for safer academic facilities planning amid COVID-19 and future pandemics: A numerical approach.Journal of building engineering · 2022Article
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- High-resolution large-eddy simulation of indoor turbulence and its effect on airborne transmission of respiratory pathogens-Model validation and infection probability analysis.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2022Article
- Large eddy simulation of cough jet dynamics, droplet transport, and inhalability over a ten minute exposure.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021Article
- Numerical investigation of droplets in a cross-ventilated space with sitting passengers under asymptomatic virus transmission conditions.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021Article
- Evaluating a transparent coating on a face shield for repelling airborne respiratory droplets.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021Article
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Abstract
The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Several countries have experienced repeated periods of major spreading over the last two years. Many people have lost their lives, employment, and the socioeconomic situation has been severely impacted. Thus, it is considered to be one of the major health and economic disasters in modern history. Over the last two years, several researchers have contributed significantly to the study of droplet formation, transmission, and lifetime in the context of understanding the spread of such respiratory infections from a fluid dynamics perspective. The current review emphasizes the numerous ways in which fluid dynamics aids in the comprehension of these aspects. The biology of the virus, as well as other statistical studies to forecast the pandemic, is significant, but they are not included in this review.
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