Aerodynamic and Micro Fluidic Effect in Masks with Impact in Covid-19 and Other Pandemic Propagation

Abstract

Liviu Popa-Simil

US has ignored the hierarchy of pandemic control, misinformed population on virus propagation needed protection by using masks and other complementary protection measures facilitating the human disaster. The population mindset was to dismiss science, the virus and hope to dodge the pandemic with a fabric over the mouth and a free vaccine that will result in more than 600,000 deaths, and over 30 Million infected. In fact, masks are filters, and have a limited protection factor, known when used in medical practice. The masks were mainly designed and measured for stopping solid particulates, but when used against aerosolized watery droplets loaded with bio-agents nano-fluidic effects are responsible for anomalous, nonlinear and unpredictable complex behavior. Using an aerodynamic test bench, and various sizes of radioactive nano-powders, we performed measurements on the retention factor dependence for various filter materials of airflow magnitude, temperature, airflow regime, and filter's load. The results showed that a retention function of particle magnitude, measured for particulates, vary with temperature and when filter is used for aerosolized loaded watery droplets, an "atomization" effect happens transforming larger aerosols in finer ones, due to micro-nano-fluidic and aerodynamic instabilities. The measurements showed that pulsed and reciprocating airflow regimes trigger loaded filters to release some of previously retained particles, making the masks offer a reduced protection factor, and imposing special rules of safe usage. It was not told to public that is a contagious person uses correctly a mask, without any lateral leakage, through the mask passes nano-sized, airborne aerosols, containing virioli that float in air for weeks, driven by air currents, and special complementary measures to sterilize or remove the air have to be taken for safety

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