Modelling accidental releases of dangerous gases into the lower troposphere from mobile sources

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-207

  Bernatik, A ^a   Zimmerman, W ^b   Pitt, M ^b   Strizik, M ^a   Nevrly, V ^a   Zelinger, Z ^c  

^a VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Major accidents; Modelling of release and dispersion; Transportation of dangerous substances

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

AERODYNAMIC TUNNELS; CONSEQUENCE MODELING; MITIGATION PLANNING;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 42949084608     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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