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Study of Air Curtain in Context of Individual Protection from Exposure to Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Contained in Cough-Generated Fluid Particles
The ongoing respiratory COVID-19 pandemic has heavily impacted the social and
private lives of the majority of the global population. This infection is
primarily transmitted via virus-laden fluid particles (i.e., droplets and
aerosols) that are formed in the respiratory tract of infected individuals and
expelled from the mouth in the course of breathing, talking, coughing, and
sneezing. To mitigate the risk of virus transmission, in many places of the
world, the public has been asked or even obliged to use face covers. It is
plausible that in the years ahead we will see the use of face masks, face
shields and respirators become a normal practice in our life. However, wearing
face covers is uncomfortable in some situations, like, for example, in summer
heat, while staying on beaches or at hotel swimming pools, doing exercises in
gyms, etc. Also, most types of face cover become contaminated with time and
need to be periodically replaced or disinfected. These nuisances are caused by
the fact that face covers are based on material barriers, which prevent inward
and outward propagation of aerosol and droplets containing the pathogen.
Applying well established gas-particle flow formalism, we study a non-material
based protection barrier created by a flow of well directed down stream of air
across the front of the open face. The~protection is driven by dragging
virus-laden particles inside the width of the air flow and hence, as a
consequence, displacing them away from their primary trajectories. The study,
shows that such, potentially portable, air curtains can effectively provide
both inward and outward protection and serve as an effective personal
protective equipment (PPE) mitigating human to human transmission of virus
infection like COVID-19.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figures, version accepted for publication in Physics MDP
Verification of model of calculation of intra-chamber parameters in hybrid solid-propellant rocket engines
On the basis of obtained analytical estimate of characteristics of hybrid solid-propellant rocket engine verification of earlier developed physical and mathematical model of processes in a hybrid solid-propellant rocket engine for quasi-steady-state flow regime was performed. Comparative analysis of calculated and analytical data indicated satisfactory comparability of simulation results
Three-dimensional light bullets in a Bragg medium with carbon nanotubes
We present a theoretical study of the propagation of three-dimensional
extremely short electromagnetic pulses (a.k.a. light bullets) through a Bragg
medium containing an immersed array of carbon nanotubes. We demonstrate the
possible stable propagation of such light bullets. In particular, our results
suggest these light bullets can carry information about the Bragg medium
itself.Comment: To appear in Appl. Phys.
Identification of size and concentration of submicron particles on the basis of rayleigh scattering model
A method of identification of maximum size and concentration of submicron aerosol particles based on measurement of intensity attenuation of a parallel beam of probe optical radiation is described. Offered method makes it possible to determine both particle concentration and maximum particle size with controlled accuracy for aerosol media without any initial information about particle size distribution
Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of energetic borides
A promising way to synthesize new energy materials based on refactory inorganic compounds is self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of compositions based on boron compounds. This paper describes a laboratory technology of production of aluminum borides. The experimental results of thermogravimetric analysis and particle size analysis obtained for synthesized powders are given. According to thermogravimetric analysis data the degree of oxidation of obtained powders exceeds 95 %. The experimental data have shown that the development of new compositions of high-energy fuel cells using borides can yield high-quality results in the sphere of solid hypersonic engines
Energy and propulsion optimization of solid-propellant grain of a hybrid power device
A method of distribution of an additional solid-phase component (oxidizer) providing uniformity of grain burning for the purpose of evaluation and optimization of energy and propulsion parameters of hybrid solid-propellant motor is proposed in the paper
On the possibility to fabricate ceramics using fused deposition modeling
The paper presents a uniquely designed device that enables controlled manufacturing of semi-fabricated products from thermoplastic ceramic suspensions by fused deposition modeling. Sintering of the products yields ceramics with high strength and hardness. We use ceramic aluminum oxide (Al2O3) as an example to prove that additive ceramic structures can be produced without noticeable boundaries between layers of the material
Combustion synthesis of chromium nitrides
This paper explores different modes of synthesis by combustion of chromium-nitrogen and ferrochromium-nitrogen alloys. The SH-synthesis of chromium nitrides and ferrochromium nitrides was performed. Regular patterns in layer-by-layer and surface modes of Cr combustion in nitrogen were investigated. The mechanism of non-stationary combustion during the synthesis of chromium was investigated. Regular patterns of chromium and ferrochromium combustion in the cocurrent filtration mode were analyzed, and the possibility to intensify the SHS process using the pressure filtration principle was assessed. The process of chromium powder combustion in the cocurrent flow of nitrogen-containing gas in the range of specific flow rates from 20 cm3/sΒ·cm2 was investigated. Pressure filtration intensifies the process of combustion wave propagation in the CrβN2 system. Here, the combustion rate increases while the degree of nitridation decreases. We discovered superadiabatic heating modes when the reaction zone was blown with pure nitrogen and a nitrogen-argon mixture. The tempering mode that was realized during pressure filtration allows for the uptake of high-temperature single-phase non-stoichiometric phases of Cr2N
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