Negative buoyancy effects on the dispersion of continuous gas plumes downwind solid obstacles

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 57, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 79-103

  Ayrault, Michel ^a   Simoëns, Serge ^a   Méjean, Patrick ^b  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b Metraflu   (France)

Author keywords

Gas plumes; Negative buoyancy; Solid obstacles

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DENSITY OF GASES; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DISPERSIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS;

CONTINUOUS GAS PLUMES; DOWNWIND SOLID OBSTACLES; NEGATIVE BUOYANCY;

THERMAL PLUMES;

DISPERSION; GAS; PLUME;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DENSITY; GAS FLOW; PLUME DISPERSION; WIND;

EID: 0031936933     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3894(97)00075-7     Document Type: Article

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