2011
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/ddf.312-315.865
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Airborne Pathogens Transport in an Aircraft Cabin

Abstract: Abstract. Airborne pathogens can spread within an aircraft cabin from sneezing, coughing or breathing of a sick passenger. This paper reports a 3D numerical study on the transport of airborne pathogens inside Boeing 767 cabin. After cough or sneeze of an infected passenger, the entire unsteady pathogen dispersion process is simulated. Effects under study include the direction of coughing on the pathogens propagation and the spreading times from infected to hosts passengers.

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
2
1
1
1

Citation Types

0
6
0

Year Published

2014
2014
2023
2023

Publication Types

Select...
5
1

Relationship

3
3

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 6 publications
(6 citation statements)
references
References 16 publications
0
6
0
Order By: Relevance
“…The structural characteristics of airplanes and the mode of mixed ventilation increased the chances of viral spread in the cabin. In a simulation experiment, researchers found that aerosols produced by human coughing were easily spread in the entire cabin in 20 s ( Acikgoz et al., 2011 ). A study exploring the transmissions of COVID-19 on Diamond Princess estimated that the mean reproduction number (R0) in the confined setting reached values up to 11, which was much higher than the mean that estimated from community-level transmission dynamics in China ( Mizumoto et al., 2020 ; Moriarty et al., 2020 ; Zhao et al., 2020b ; Liu et al., 2020 ; Mizumoto and Chowell, 2020 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The structural characteristics of airplanes and the mode of mixed ventilation increased the chances of viral spread in the cabin. In a simulation experiment, researchers found that aerosols produced by human coughing were easily spread in the entire cabin in 20 s ( Acikgoz et al., 2011 ). A study exploring the transmissions of COVID-19 on Diamond Princess estimated that the mean reproduction number (R0) in the confined setting reached values up to 11, which was much higher than the mean that estimated from community-level transmission dynamics in China ( Mizumoto et al., 2020 ; Moriarty et al., 2020 ; Zhao et al., 2020b ; Liu et al., 2020 ; Mizumoto and Chowell, 2020 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The RNG k-ε model is derived from the momentum equation by applying the so-called renormalization group method. In this study, simulations were carried out utilizing the finite-volumebased Ansys Fluent code [18,19]. Simulations of fluid flow are carried out for configurations shown in Figs.…”
Section: Governingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…More particularly, the numerical solution of Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations with Re-Normalization Group (RNG) k − ε turbulence closure is employed to simulate the continuum phase [31]. According to Zhang et al, the RNG k − ε model fits the propagation and diffusion of pollutants in the cabin, so this study chooses the RNG k − ε turbulence model [32][33][34][35][36].…”
Section: Sars-cov-2 Mass Fraction Numerical Simulationmentioning
confidence: 99%