A CFD Lagrangian particle model to analyze the dust dispersion problem in quarries blasts

WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue , 2007, Pages 9-18

  Alvarez, J T ^a   Alvarez, I D ^a   Lougedo, S T ^a   Hevia, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bench Blasting; CFD; Discrete Lagrangian methods; Dust dispersion modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE COMPOSITION;

BENCH BLASTING; DISCRETE LAGRANGIAN METHODS; DUST DISPERSION MODELING; QUARRIES BLASTS;

DUST;

EID: 38849198501     PISSN: 17433533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/MPF070021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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