COPPE/UFRJ · Department of Mechanical Engineering
D. B. V. Santos; G. R. Anjos
2020
Anais do 18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering
ENCIT
Bento Gonçalves, Brazil
No. ENC-2020-0270
Multi-phase flow, streamfunction-vorticity formulation, BBO equation, particle disperson, finite element method, semi-Lagrangian method
This research aims at investigate the means of propagation of the COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 between individuals during social contact. A small scale model is proposed to investigate the behavior of salivary droplets between individuals who may be contaminated by orally transmitted diseases. This will allow a detailed understanding of the rapid spread of COVID-19 viral load and the effectiveness of containment effects of the disease in our society. The results point that saliva particles both travel forward and stay in the air close to a person who coughs.