On the Effect of the Respiratory Droplet Generation Condition on COVID-19 Transmission
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a highly infectious viral disease and first appeared in Wuhan, China. Within a short time, it has become a global health issue. The sudden emergence of COVID-19 has been accompanied by numerous uncertainties about its impact in many perspectives. One of major challenges is...
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| author | Ali Hosseinpour Shafaghi Farzad Rokhsar Talabazar Ali Koşar Morteza Ghorbani |
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| description | Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a highly infectious viral disease and first appeared in Wuhan, China. Within a short time, it has become a global health issue. The sudden emergence of COVID-19 has been accompanied by numerous uncertainties about its impact in many perspectives. One of major challenges is understanding the underlying mechanisms in the spread of this outbreak. COVID-19 is spread similar to the majority of infectious diseases through transmission via relatively large respiratory droplets. The awareness of the dispersal of these droplets is crucial in not only improving methods for controlling the dispersion of COVID-19 droplets, but also in discovering fundamental mechanisms of its transmission. In this study, a numerical model is developed to study the motion of droplets expelled through the respiratory system. Based on the source of these droplets, different sizes of droplets such as large ones and aerosols, which behave differently in the environment, can be generated. In this regard, diverse sources of droplets, namely breathing, coughing, and sneezing, are considered in this analysis. Besides, the time for a single droplet to fall from a height of 1.8 m is also obtained. The results reveal that the traditional distances suggested by different sources for keeping the social distance are not enough, which is linked to different nature of the droplet generation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e77c22867ed8461fbddeb73edd99ea282023-11-20T06:55:39ZengMDPI AGFluids2311-55212020-07-015311310.3390/fluids5030113On the Effect of the Respiratory Droplet Generation Condition on COVID-19 TransmissionAli Hosseinpour Shafaghi0Farzad Rokhsar Talabazar1Ali Koşar2Morteza Ghorbani3Mechatronics Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science, Sabanci University, Tuzla 34956, Istanbul, TurkeyMechatronics Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science, Sabanci University, Tuzla 34956, Istanbul, TurkeyMechatronics Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science, Sabanci University, Tuzla 34956, Istanbul, TurkeyNanotechnology Research and Application Center, Sabanci University, Tuzla 34956, Istanbul, TurkeyCoronavirus (COVID-19) is a highly infectious viral disease and first appeared in Wuhan, China. Within a short time, it has become a global health issue. The sudden emergence of COVID-19 has been accompanied by numerous uncertainties about its impact in many perspectives. One of major challenges is understanding the underlying mechanisms in the spread of this outbreak. COVID-19 is spread similar to the majority of infectious diseases through transmission via relatively large respiratory droplets. The awareness of the dispersal of these droplets is crucial in not only improving methods for controlling the dispersion of COVID-19 droplets, but also in discovering fundamental mechanisms of its transmission. In this study, a numerical model is developed to study the motion of droplets expelled through the respiratory system. Based on the source of these droplets, different sizes of droplets such as large ones and aerosols, which behave differently in the environment, can be generated. In this regard, diverse sources of droplets, namely breathing, coughing, and sneezing, are considered in this analysis. Besides, the time for a single droplet to fall from a height of 1.8 m is also obtained. The results reveal that the traditional distances suggested by different sources for keeping the social distance are not enough, which is linked to different nature of the droplet generation.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/5/3/113coronavirusCOVID-19CFDdropletsocial distance |
| spellingShingle | Ali Hosseinpour Shafaghi Farzad Rokhsar Talabazar Ali Koşar Morteza Ghorbani On the Effect of the Respiratory Droplet Generation Condition on COVID-19 Transmission Fluids coronavirus COVID-19 CFD droplet social distance |
| title | On the Effect of the Respiratory Droplet Generation Condition on COVID-19 Transmission |
| title_full | On the Effect of the Respiratory Droplet Generation Condition on COVID-19 Transmission |
| title_fullStr | On the Effect of the Respiratory Droplet Generation Condition on COVID-19 Transmission |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Effect of the Respiratory Droplet Generation Condition on COVID-19 Transmission |
| title_short | On the Effect of the Respiratory Droplet Generation Condition on COVID-19 Transmission |
| title_sort | on the effect of the respiratory droplet generation condition on covid 19 transmission |
| topic | coronavirus COVID-19 CFD droplet social distance |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/5/3/113 |
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