Optimal placement of sensors for contaminant detection based on detailed 3D CFD simulations

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 260-273

  Löhner, Rainald ^a   Camelli, Fernando ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazardous materials; Mathematical analysis; Optimization techniques; Sensors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LASER BEAMS; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL SENSOR LOCATIONS; PHYSICS-BASED MODELS; STANDOFF SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 17744393437     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400510588076     Document Type: Article

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