Theoretical Modeling Approaches to Investigating the Spread of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: Advance Models for Predicting Contaminants and Infectious Disease Virus Transport in the Airliner Cabin Environment (Part 1)

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a very attractive tool to study the transmission of airborne contaminants in an airliner cabin as it is inexpensive and flexible in changing thermofluid conditions inside the cabins compared with experimental measurements. The results presented here illustrate the potential of using CFD in modeling gaseous and particulate contaminant transport inside airliner cabins. CFD was also used to model the SARS transmission case in Air China Flight 112 from Hong Kong to Beijing in 2003 where a contagious passenger infected some 20 fellow passengers. Some seated as far as seven rows from the contagious passenger were infected. The movement of passengers and crew members may play a role in transmission.

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• Authors:
  • Chen, Qingyan
  • Mazumdar, Sagnik
  • Plesniak, Michael W
  • Poussou, Stephane
  • Sojka, Paul E
  • Zhang, Tengfei
  • Zhang, Zhao
• Conference:
  • Research on the Transmission of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: A Synposium
  • Location: Washington D.C., United States
  • Date: 2009-9-17 to 2009-9-18
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 21-28
• Monograph Title: Research on the Transmission of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: Summary of a Symposium
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
  • Issue Number: 47
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-1652

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Air travel; Aircraft cabins; Communicable diseases; Computer models; Contaminants
• Identifier Terms: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01174172
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309142953
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 29 2010 8:09PM