The effect of turbulence and scalar transport models on prediction of worker exposure to aerosols

Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference

Volumn 1 C, Issue , 2003, Pages 1813-1818

  Li, Jun ^a   Celik, Ismail B ^a   Yavuz, Ibrahim ^a   Guffey, Steven E ^b   Bird, Aaron J ^c  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRAG; ERRORS; IMPURITIES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPUTATIONAL MESH; LARGE EDDY SIMULAIONS (LES);

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0347534856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/fedsm2003-45177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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