Validation of ADMS against wind tunnel data of dispersion from chemical warehouse fires

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1937-1953

  Carruthers, D J ^a   Mckeown, A M ^a   Hall, D J ^b   Porter, S ^c  

^a Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Building downwash; Dispersion modelling; Plume rise

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODELING SYSTEM (ADMS);

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUILDINGS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL PLUMES; WAREHOUSES; WIND TUNNELS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WIND;

EID: 0033153253     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00168-X     Document Type: Article

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