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Simulation and Analysis of Safe Social Distance under Infectious Disease Epidemic

LI Qian, JIN Wen zhe, ZHANG Qi, WEI Zhen han

Article ID: 2606
Vol 3, Issue 2, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/vfc.v3i2.2606
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Abstract

In this paper, the CFD method is used to study the horizontal distance of the virus infection between the cover and the open opening in the open space. Comparing the spread of virus droplets carrying different particle sizes, the human body's effect on inhibiting virus spread under different forms of protection was studied, and the diffusion concentration of pollutants in the range of 1m before and after the environmental wind speed was studied. The results show that the droplet particles settle when the particle size is larger than 6×10^-5m. The KN95 mask can reduce the diffusion distance of exhaled droplets by 50% compared with the working condition without a mask. When the upwind wind speed is greater than or equal to 3m/s, the distance of 1m in front of the human body is set reasonable; regardless of the downwind wind speed, there is a risk of infection directly in front of the human body. When the human body wears a KN95 mask, the distance of 1m is safe when there is no wind; when the wind speed is upwind, it is reasonable for a positive direction of 1m, and there is a risk of infection within 1m behind; when there is a downwind wind speed, the distance of 1m in front should be increased. This article can provide a reference for reducing the risk of infection and determining social distance under different environmental conditions.

Keywords

Droplet diffusion; Mask; Safe distance; Infection risk; Computational fluid dynamics.

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