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John W. M. Bush

Professor of Applied Mathematics, MIT

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    • Pilot-wave hydrodynamics
    • Fluid dynamics of the pandemic
    • Interfacial flows
    • Biocapillarity and biofluids
    • Geophysical flows
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Visualizing sneeze ejecta and respiratory droplets

Sneeze ejecta may include infectious pathogen.

Hi-speed videography allows for visualization of the liquid ejecta accompanying a sneezing event. We also enumerate the fluid fracture processes responsible for the resulting drops-size distribution.

See paper: Scharfman, B.E., Techet, A.H., Bush, J.W.M. and Bourouiba, L. (2016)

Categorized as Pandemical flows

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Violent expiratory events: on coughing and sneezing

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