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Modeling virus transport and dynamics in viscous flow medium.

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In this paper, we developed a mathematical model to simulate virus transport through a viscous background flow driven by the natural pumping mechanism. Two types of respiratory pathogens viruses (SARS-Cov-2… Click to show full abstract

In this paper, we developed a mathematical model to simulate virus transport through a viscous background flow driven by the natural pumping mechanism. Two types of respiratory pathogens viruses (SARS-Cov-2 and Influenza-A) are considered in this model. The Eulerian-Lagrangian approach is adopted to examine the virus spread in axial and transverse directions. The Basset-Boussinesq-Oseen equation is considered to study the effects of gravity, virtual mass, Basset force, and drag forces on the viruses transport velocity. The results indicate that forces acting on the spherical and non-spherical particles during the motion play a significant role in the transmission process of the viruses. It is observed that high viscosity is responsible for slowing the virus transport dynamics. Small sizes of viruses are found to be highly dangerous and propagate rapidly through the blood vessels. Furthermore, the present mathematical model can help to better understand the viruses spread dynamics in a blood flow.

Keywords: dynamics viscous; transport dynamics; virus transport; modeling virus; virus

Journal Title: Journal of biological dynamics
Year Published: 2023

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