Effect of ventilation design on removal of particles in woodturning workstations

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-136

  Inthavong, K ^a   Tian, Z F ^a   Tu, J Y ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Building; CFD; Particle clearance; Simulation; Wood dust; Woodturning

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DOMES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW PATTERNS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; ROOFS; SEPARATION; TURBULENCE MODELS;

BUILDING; CFD; PARTICLE CLEARANCE; SIMULATION; WOOD DUST; WOODTURNING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; DUST; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PARTICLE MOTION; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION; WOOD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 51449115876     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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