Physics Department

Faculty of Science
An-Najah National University

Final Classical Mechanics (1)

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Pro. Mohammed Said
Mohammed Bashar
 Short summary of
‘COVID-19 in air suspensions’
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Daniel A. Stariolo
The April 22the, 2020
Types of Papers:
A theoretical study has a very specific format provide specific details of the motion of virus particles
as they reach quiet air after a person breaths, speaks, sneezes or coughs .

Theory &Experiment:
In the case of a paper in which the author has analyze the stability of virus-carrying particles in air
at equilibrium after the dissipation of the initial turbulent process produced by sneezing, coughing,
breathing or speaking depending on simplified models of motion in Classical Physics . In order to
describe the subsequent motion spanned different spatial and temporal scales .

The results Discussion & Data Analysis :

The author has compered an analysis of experimental data collected by others researcher, will some
results based on a clear and logical description of simple physical models.

Because the viruses are expelled mainly attached to small droplets, with diverse sizes and weights, and the
external environmental conditions can also be diverse, the subsequent motion spanned different spatial and
temporal scales.

• For droplet sizes larger than 100μm :

computing the time of decay to the ground and the distance travelled with a simple free fall model with
empirical data extracted from the literature, obtained distances in the range between (1 – 3)m from the
emitter, with a falling time of less than 1s.

• For droplets sizes less than 100μm :

a simple model of motion in a viscous medium predicts that isolated viruses could remain suspended in
quiet air for more than a month, while small droplets of 1μm in size can remain suspended for several hours .

Conclusions:
These results suggest that airborne transmission of the virus may be a possible mechanism of infection. This
also points that the use of masks, even for healthy people, may be a valid way of reducing contagion of‘
“Covid-19” .

Considering realistic situations, it is important to stress that the results presented here, based on simplified models of
motion, represent lower bounds for the time of stability of small droplets in the air.