The effect of relative air humidity on the evaporation timescales of a human sneeze

The present paper investigates droplet and aerosol emission from the human respiratory function by numerical and experimental methods, which is analyzed at the worst-case scenario, a violent sneeze without a face covering. The research findings develop the understanding of airborne disease transmiss...

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Main Authors: Bernhard Stiehl, Rajendra Shrestha, Steven Schroeder, Juanpablo Delgado, Alexander Bazzi, Jonathan Reyes, Michael Kinzel, Kareem Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2022-07-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0102078