Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),the cause of the current coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic,is evolving.Thus,the risk of airborne transmission in confined spaces may be higher,and c...Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),the cause of the current coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic,is evolving.Thus,the risk of airborne transmission in confined spaces may be higher,and corresponding precautions should be re-appraised.Here,we obtained the quantum generation rate(q)value of three SARS-CoV-2 variants(Alpha,Delta,and Omicron)for the Wells-Riley equation with a reproductive number-based fitted approach and estimated the association between the infection probability and ventilation rates.The q value was 89–165 h^(−1)for Alpha variant,312–935 h^(−1)for Delta variant,and 725–2,345 h^(−1)for Omicron variant.The ventilation rates increased to ensure an infection probability of less than 1%,and were 8,000–14,000 m^(3)h^(−1),26,000–80,000 m^(3)h^(−1),and 64,000–250,000 m^(3)h^(−1)per infector for the Alpha,Delta,and Omicron variants,respectively.If the infector and susceptible person wore N95 masks,the required ventilation rates decreased to about 1/100 of the values required without masks,which can be achieved in most typical scenarios.An air purifier was ineffective for reducing transmission when used in scenarios without masks.Preventing prolonged exposure time in confined spaces remains critical in reducing the risk of airborne transmission for highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variants.展开更多
Varieties of research on turbulent-induced noise are conducted with combinations of acoustic analogy methods and computational fluid dynamic methods to analyse efficiently and accurately. Application of FW-H acoustic ...Varieties of research on turbulent-induced noise are conducted with combinations of acoustic analogy methods and computational fluid dynamic methods to analyse efficiently and accurately. Application of FW-H acoustic analogy without turbulent noise is the most popular method due to its calculation cost. In this paper, turbulent-induced noise is predicted using RANS turbulence model and permeable FW-H method. For simplicity, noise from 2D cylinder is examined using three different methods: direct method of RANS, FW-H method without turbulent noise and permeable FW-H method which can take into account of turbulent-induced noise. Turbulent noise was well predicted using permeable FW-H method with same computational cost of original FW-H method. Also, ability of permeable FW-H method to predict highly accurate turbulent-induced noise by applying adequate permeable surface is presented. The procedure to predict turbulent- induced noise using permeable FW-H is established and its usability is shown.展开更多
Building prototyping has regularly been used in building performance analyses with statistically feasible models.The novelty of this research involves a new hybrid approach combining stratified sampling and k-means cl...Building prototyping has regularly been used in building performance analyses with statistically feasible models.The novelty of this research involves a new hybrid approach combining stratified sampling and k-means clustering to establish building geometry prototypes.The research focuses on residential buildings in Ningbo,China.Seventeen small residential districts(SRDs)containing 367 residential buildings were systemically selected for survey and data collection.The stratified sampling used building construction year as the main parameter to generate stratification.Floor numbers,shape coefficients,floor areas,and window-to-wall ratios were used as the four observations for k-means clustering.Based on this new approach,nine building geometry prototypes were identified and modelled.These statistically representative prototypes provide building geometrical information and characteristic-based evaluations for subsequent building performance analysis.展开更多
Water supply capability has been significantly reduced as water demand has been increased due to changes of the world's weather, causing the increase of drought frequency, and urbanization. In terms of water produ...Water supply capability has been significantly reduced as water demand has been increased due to changes of the world's weather, causing the increase of drought frequency, and urbanization. In terms of water production, water can be secured by construction a dam or procuring substitute water. However, the study approaches in terms of management of water supply area to control the existing water efficiently. Therefore, water demand was estimated by buildings, by which water load of micro water supply area was calculated. As a result, the deviation of water demand for 1,357 micro water supply areas could be calculated while the alternatives to dissolve the spatial demand unbalance were suggested by two types. From the study, firstly, we could anticipate the total water supply demand from the total sum by filtration plants but it was not possible to anticipate the characteristics of distribution within urban areas. For this, the study attempted to anticipate the demand of each 250 thousands of buildings, comprehending the demand of micro areas. Secondly, based on the built results, we suggest the directions to dissolve the water demand unbalance between and among regions, which could be the foundation to suggest the concrete methodology in the future.展开更多
基金We are grateful to Miss Ye Wang and the support provided by the Tsinghua University Spring Breeze Fund(2020Z99CFZ025).
文摘Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),the cause of the current coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic,is evolving.Thus,the risk of airborne transmission in confined spaces may be higher,and corresponding precautions should be re-appraised.Here,we obtained the quantum generation rate(q)value of three SARS-CoV-2 variants(Alpha,Delta,and Omicron)for the Wells-Riley equation with a reproductive number-based fitted approach and estimated the association between the infection probability and ventilation rates.The q value was 89–165 h^(−1)for Alpha variant,312–935 h^(−1)for Delta variant,and 725–2,345 h^(−1)for Omicron variant.The ventilation rates increased to ensure an infection probability of less than 1%,and were 8,000–14,000 m^(3)h^(−1),26,000–80,000 m^(3)h^(−1),and 64,000–250,000 m^(3)h^(−1)per infector for the Alpha,Delta,and Omicron variants,respectively.If the infector and susceptible person wore N95 masks,the required ventilation rates decreased to about 1/100 of the values required without masks,which can be achieved in most typical scenarios.An air purifier was ineffective for reducing transmission when used in scenarios without masks.Preventing prolonged exposure time in confined spaces remains critical in reducing the risk of airborne transmission for highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variants.
文摘Varieties of research on turbulent-induced noise are conducted with combinations of acoustic analogy methods and computational fluid dynamic methods to analyse efficiently and accurately. Application of FW-H acoustic analogy without turbulent noise is the most popular method due to its calculation cost. In this paper, turbulent-induced noise is predicted using RANS turbulence model and permeable FW-H method. For simplicity, noise from 2D cylinder is examined using three different methods: direct method of RANS, FW-H method without turbulent noise and permeable FW-H method which can take into account of turbulent-induced noise. Turbulent noise was well predicted using permeable FW-H method with same computational cost of original FW-H method. Also, ability of permeable FW-H method to predict highly accurate turbulent-induced noise by applying adequate permeable surface is presented. The procedure to predict turbulent- induced noise using permeable FW-H is established and its usability is shown.
基金sponsored by the Ningbo Natural Science Funding Scheme(Project code:2019A610393)The Zhejiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology is acknowledged for this research under its Provincial Key Laboratory Programme(2020E10018).
文摘Building prototyping has regularly been used in building performance analyses with statistically feasible models.The novelty of this research involves a new hybrid approach combining stratified sampling and k-means clustering to establish building geometry prototypes.The research focuses on residential buildings in Ningbo,China.Seventeen small residential districts(SRDs)containing 367 residential buildings were systemically selected for survey and data collection.The stratified sampling used building construction year as the main parameter to generate stratification.Floor numbers,shape coefficients,floor areas,and window-to-wall ratios were used as the four observations for k-means clustering.Based on this new approach,nine building geometry prototypes were identified and modelled.These statistically representative prototypes provide building geometrical information and characteristic-based evaluations for subsequent building performance analysis.
文摘Water supply capability has been significantly reduced as water demand has been increased due to changes of the world's weather, causing the increase of drought frequency, and urbanization. In terms of water production, water can be secured by construction a dam or procuring substitute water. However, the study approaches in terms of management of water supply area to control the existing water efficiently. Therefore, water demand was estimated by buildings, by which water load of micro water supply area was calculated. As a result, the deviation of water demand for 1,357 micro water supply areas could be calculated while the alternatives to dissolve the spatial demand unbalance were suggested by two types. From the study, firstly, we could anticipate the total water supply demand from the total sum by filtration plants but it was not possible to anticipate the characteristics of distribution within urban areas. For this, the study attempted to anticipate the demand of each 250 thousands of buildings, comprehending the demand of micro areas. Secondly, based on the built results, we suggest the directions to dissolve the water demand unbalance between and among regions, which could be the foundation to suggest the concrete methodology in the future.
