Estimation of contaminant subslab concentration in vapor intrusion

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 231-232, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-17

  Yao, Yijun ^a   Pennell, Kelly G ^a,b   Suuberg, Eric M ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D simulation; Analytical approximation; Johnson Ettinger model; Subslab concentration; Vapor intrusion

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATION; CFD MODELS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; FOUNDATION DEPTHS; INDOOR AIR; SCREENING MODELS; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; STEADY-STATE TRANSPORT; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); VAPOR INTRUSION; VAPOR SOURCES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SOILS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VAPORS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCREENING; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84864304708     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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