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Fluid Dynamics of Viral Transmission

  • 1st Edition - February 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Mehrzad Shams, Reza Parhoun
  • Language: English

Fluid Dynamics of Viral Transmission is an essential exploration into the transmission dynamics of COVID-19, focusing specifically on the airborne spread of respiratory aeroso… Read more

Description

Fluid Dynamics of Viral Transmission is an essential exploration into the transmission dynamics of COVID-19, focusing specifically on the airborne spread of respiratory aerosols carrying infectious viruses. In light of the recent global pandemic, it offers crucial insights into the complex interaction between fluid dynamics and viral transmission and provides practical solutions for minimizing risks in indoor environments. The book delves into CFD simulations, optimizing ventilation systems, air filtration strategies, and spatial layout modifications. It evaluates mitigation measures such as mask-wearing, physical distancing, and occupancy limits, aiming to equip readers with the knowledge to create safer indoor spaces. This book is ideal for public health officials, policymakers, healthcare professionals, engineers, researchers, and academics in fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, epidemiology, and virology.

Key features

  • Presents comprehensive understanding of viral transmission, with an emphasis on physical principles
  • Applies computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques to study and investigate viral spread
  • Includes case studies for illustrating real-world applications of fluid dynamics principles to understand best practices and challenges

Readership

Public health officials and policymakers, healthcare professionals, engineers, researchers and academics fields of fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, epidemiology, and virology

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. Biology of Pathogens and Transmission

3. Physical Aspects of Bioaerosols

4. Fluid Dynamics, Multiphase Flows, Transport Phenomena, and HVAC Concepts

5. The Physics of Airborne Transmission

6. Computational Modeling

7. Case Studies

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Mehrzad Shams

Mehrzad Shams is recognized for his academic and research contributions in energy conversion and interdisciplinary fields. He earned a Master’s degree in Energy Conversion from Sharif University of Technology in 1994 and a dual PhD in Energy Conversion from Clarkson University (USA) and Amirkabir University of Technology in 2001. His career has been marked by more than 10 industrial projects and a decade of consultancy experience, with expertise spanning fuel cells, renewable energy, and multiphase flows. As a professor at K.N. Toosi University of Technology since 2002, he has been honored three times as the institution’s best researcher and once as its best teacher. He has also published over 140 peer-reviewed papers in numerous areas.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

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Reza Parhoun

Reza Parhoun is a researcher working on biomedical problems through numerical modeling. His research focuses on the fluid dynamics of infectious disease transmission, multiscale and multiphysics modeling of cancer, and the numerical study of thermal therapies such as hyperthermia and cryosurgery. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from K. N. Toosi University of Technology after completing an M.Sc. at Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), where he studied fluid-structure interaction models of lymphatic vessels. With academic and industrial experience since 2017, he teaches fluid mechanics and computational fluid dynamics. His primary expertise lies in rigorous mathematical modeling of physical phenomena in living systems, bridging mathematical precision and biological processes.
Affiliations and expertise
K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran