Research
WP2 - Spreading of airborne droplets
Co Applicants:
Spreading of airborne droplets: This WP focuses on the fluid dynamical fundamentals of airborne disease transmission. We will make use of experimental, numerically, and theoretically methods. Activities include:
- Investigate the influence of environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity and external flow on the lifetime of droplets
- Study the effect of turbulence and multiphase phenomena on droplet spreading.
- Theoretically and numerically analyze ventilation concept
- Study, under extremely controlled conditions, the evaporation of respiratory droplets or proxies thereof.
- Study removal and inactivation of aerosols from the air with depth filters and skinned membranes.
- Theoretically and numerically study the generation of droplets out of thin films in the respiratory systems.