2022
DOI: 10.1111/ina.13064
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Characterization of aerosol plumes from singing and playing wind instruments associated with the risk of airborne virus transmission

Abstract: The exhalation of aerosols during musical performances or rehearsals posed a risk of airborne virus transmission in the COVID‐19 pandemic. Previous research studied aerosol plumes by only focusing on one risk factor, either the source strength or convective transport capability. Furthermore, the source strength was characterized by the aerosol concentration and ignored the airflow rate needed for risk analysis in actual musical performances. This study characterizes aerosol plumes that account for both the sou… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
2
1
1
1

Citation Types

1
5
0

Year Published

2022
2022
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
7

Relationship

1
6

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 9 publications
(6 citation statements)
references
References 39 publications
1
5
0
Order By: Relevance
“…Nevertheless, their results showed high unsteadiness and situation-dependent variations in the concentrations and dispersions of the emitted vapor clouds. In agreement with this, Wang et al [ 20 ] assessed woodwind instruments, i. e., clarinets and flutes, to be high risk instruments. They measured source aerosol concentrations and source aerosol emission rates, and found them to be reduced by bell covers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 84%
See 1 more Smart Citation
“…Nevertheless, their results showed high unsteadiness and situation-dependent variations in the concentrations and dispersions of the emitted vapor clouds. In agreement with this, Wang et al [ 20 ] assessed woodwind instruments, i. e., clarinets and flutes, to be high risk instruments. They measured source aerosol concentrations and source aerosol emission rates, and found them to be reduced by bell covers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 84%
“…Aerosol emission rates and impulse dispersion of several orchestra instruments have already been investigated in previous studies [15][16][17][18][19][20], but none of these studies included the recorder. However, the recorder is a very common instrument, not only in professional settings but also in education and amateur music-making [21]; understanding the dispersion characteristics could help in risk management and adjustment of safety concepts.…”
Section: Plos Onementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because different measurement principles for the determination of emitted particles have been used in previous studies (e.g. [12,13,[19][20][21]), these measures cannot be directly compared to our values. Therefore, a direct comparison of our measured emission rate with the findings from other studies is not possible.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Schlieren imaging shows that air exhaled whilst singing is likely to remain within 20 cm of the singer. 26,27 However, being warmer than the surroundings, exhaled air is buoyant. 28 As the choir are stationary for extended periods, we can assume that any exhaled aerosols (light non-settling particles) carrying a viable virus particle will rise in the air column, eventually becoming mixed.…”
Section: The Hazards Of Singingmentioning
confidence: 99%