3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Bridging a gap: A heavy elastica between point supports
Grace K. Curtis, Ian M. Griffiths, Dominic Vella
We study the deformation and slip-through of a heavy elastic beam suspended above two point supports and subject to an increasing body force -- an idealized model of a fibre trappe…
physics.flu-dyn2025
Mathematical Modelling of Face Coverings for Virus Protection
Matthew D. Shirley, Ian M. Griffiths, Joseph Houghton +3
Traditional face masks used extensively, for example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, are relatively impermeable, forcing aerosol-containing breath to flow into the surrounding atmos…
q-bio.QM2025
The effect of local ventilation on a spatiotemporal model of airborne disease transmission in indoor spaces
Alexander Pretty, Ian M. Griffiths, Zechariah Lau +1
We incorporate local ventilation effects into a spatially dependent generalisation of the Wells--Riley model for airborne disease transmission. Aerosol production and removal throu…