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Transportable: Transport and deposit of droplets and aerosols above a table. Application to the control of the COVID19 pandemic.

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $0

  • Funder

    ANR

  • Principal Investigator

    Simon Mendez

  • Research Location

    France

  • Lead Research Institution

    CNRS / Montpellier

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Infection prevention and control

  • Research Subcategory

    Barriers, PPE, environmental, animal and vector control measures

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

The TransporTable project, coordinated by Simon Mendez (UMR (5149) - Institut Montpelliérain Alexander Grothendieck (IMAG) - CNRS / Montpellier), will use computational fluid mechanics to calculate the flow and transport of pathogens during social interactions around 'a table, in the presence of an infected person. It aims more specifically to characterize the concentration levels of infected droplets and aerosols in the air above the table; calculating the level and location of the deposition of these infected particles on the table; and to propose strategies to limit the risks associated with this everyday situation.