Vitor Lavor

ORCID: 0000-0001-9346-7694
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Research Areas
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Mineral Processing and Grinding
  • Material Properties and Applications
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Material Science and Thermodynamics
  • Energy and Environmental Systems
  • AI in cancer detection
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Advanced Scientific Techniques and Applications
  • Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging
  • Experimental Learning in Engineering

University of Reading
2022-2025

Universidade de São Paulo
2023

DASA (Brazil)
2020

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
2018

In epidemiological prospective modelling, assessing the hypothetical infectious quanta emission rate (Eq) is critical for estimating airborne infection risk. Existing Eq models overlook environmental factors such as indoor relative humidity (RH) and temperature (T), despite their importance to droplet evaporation dynamics. Here we include these in a model based on probability functions with emitted distribution speaking coughing activities. Our results show have substantial influence Eq....

10.1016/j.envint.2025.109379 article EN cc-by Environment International 2025-03-01

Abstract Despite the widespread assumption that outdoor environments provide sufficient ventilation and dilution capacity to mitigate risk of COVID-19 infection, there is little understanding airborne infection in urban areas with poor ventilation. To address this gap, we propose a modified Wells-Riley model based on purging flow rate ( Q PFR ), by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The quantifies 2D street canyons different approaching wind speeds, heating patterns aspect...

10.1007/s12273-023-1037-x article EN cc-by Building Simulation 2023-08-01
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