Influence of wind speed profile and roughness parameters on the downwind extension of vulnerable zones during dispersion of toxic dense gases

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 478-480

  Patra, Asit Kumar ^a  

^a Disaster Management Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Dense gas dispersion; Downwind impact distance; Roughness parameter; Wind speed profile

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DISPERSIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND EFFECTS;

DENSE GAS DISPERSION; DOWNWIND IMPACT DISTANCE; ROUGHNESS PARAMETER; WIND SPEED PROFILE;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DISPERSIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 33745963747     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2005.06.041     Document Type: Article

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