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March 29, 2021

Comparison of Cough Particle Exposure for Indoor Commercial and Aircraft Cabin Spaces

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  • [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations from Boeing showed that in an airplane cabin (Boeing 737), 80% of particles from a coughing person were removed 5-12 times faster than from a similar indoor commercial space, which resulted in 7 times less particulate mass inhaled. 

Davis et al. (Mar 26, 2021). Comparison of Cough Particle Exposure for Indoor Commercial and Aircraft Cabin Spaces. Pre-print downloaded Mar 29 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.24.21254275