Study of SARS Transmission Via Liquid Droplets in Air-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Study of SARS Transmission Via Liquid Droplets in Air

Published:2005-02-01 Issue:1 Volume:127 Page:32-38
ISSN:0148-0731
Container-title:Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
language:en
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Author:

Wang B.¹,Zhang A.²,Sun J. L.²,Liu H.¹,Hu J.³,Xu L. X.⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People’s Republic of China

2. School of Life Sciences and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People’s Republic of China

3. School of Life Sciences and Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People’s Republic of China

4. School of Life Sciences and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People’s Republic of China, and School of Mechanical Engineering, and Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Abstract

Abstract Microscale liquid droplets could act as the SARS carriers in air when released from an infected person through breathing, coughing, or sneezing. In this study, a dynamic model has been built to quantitatively investigate the effect of the relative humidity on the transport of liquid droplets in air using coupled mass transfer and momentum equations. Under higher relative humidity, the exhaled liquid droplets evaporate slowly. Larger droplets fall faster, which could reduce the probability of the droplets inhalation. This may be one of the most important factors that influence the SARS transmission in air.

Publisher

ASME International

Subject

Physiology (medical),Biomedical Engineering

Link

http://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/biomechanical/article-pdf/127/1/32/6562978/32_1.pdf

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