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physics.flu-dyn2025
On the mechanics of inhaled bronchial transmission of pathogenic microdroplets generated from the upper respiratory tract, with implications for infection onset
Saikat Basu
Could the microdroplets formed by viscoelastic stretching and break-up of mucosal liquids in the upper respiratory tract (URT), when inhaled further downwind, explain the brisk pac…
physics.flu-dyn2024
On the emergence of criticality for inhalation-driven particle deposition in the anatomical upper airway
Emma Louwagie, Saikat Basu
Inhalation directs air through a defined pathway, initiating from nostrils, moving through the main nasal cavity, past the pharynx and trachea, and culminating in the lungs. Inhale…