Experimental investigations into the nature of airflows near bluff bodies with aspiration, with implications to aerosol sampling

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2349-2359

  Sreenath, Avula ^a   Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^a   Vincent, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol sampling; Aspiration; Bluff body flows; Stagnation; Vortex shedding

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; METEOROLOGY; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION; VORTEX SHEDDING;

AEROSOL SAMPLING; ASPIRATION; BLUFF BODY FLOW; DIMENSIONLESS STROUHAL NUMBER; POTENTIAL FLOW MODEL; SLOT ORIENTATION; STAGNATION; WAKE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AEROSOLS; AIR FLOW; BODIES-BLUFF; SAMPLING; STAGNATION POINT;

AEROSOL SAMPLING; AIR FLOW; BLUFF BODY; VORTEX;

EID: 0030616258     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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