CFD simulations of atmospheric gas dispersion using the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS)

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 316-323

  Mouilleau, Yvon ^a   Champassith, Anousone ^a  

^a TECHNIP   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); Test cases; Wind fluctuations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERICS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATERIALS TESTING; SIMULATORS;

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENTS; CFD CODES; CFD-SIMULATIONS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIRE DYNAMICS SIMULATOR (FDS); GAS DISPERSIONS; GAS MODELS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; SAFETY ISSUES; STATISTICAL EVALUATIONS; TECHNIP; TEST CASES; WIND FLUCTUATIONS; WIND VELOCITIES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 62349110562     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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