Use of numerical calculations to simulate the sampling efficiency performance of a personal aerosol sampler

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 596-610

  Bird, Aaron J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TRAJECTORIES;

CONICAL INHALABLE SAMPLER (CIS); GESAMTSTAUBPROBENAHME SAMPLER (GSP); SOFTWARE PACKAGE - FLUENT;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLER; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; VELOCITY;

EID: 24944461920     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027868291009260     Document Type: Review

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