Wind-Driven Plume Dispersion Near A Building

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dc.contributor.advisorMarshall, Andre Wen_US
dc.contributor.authorLing, Young Ernen_US
dc.contributor.departmentFire Protection Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-07T05:30:52Z
dc.date.available2008-08-07T05:30:52Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-05en_US
dc.description.abstractThe dispersions of smoke or hazardous materials during accidental releases are of concern in many practical applications. A technique combining salt-water modeling and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is developed to study the dispersion of a buoyant plume in a complex configuration. Salt-water modeling based on the analogy between salt-water flow and fire induced flow has proven to be a successful method for the qualitative analysis of fire induced plumes. With the use of PIV, detailed measurements of the velocity field can be taken for quantitative analysis of the plume behavior. The technique is first validated for a canonical unconfined plume scenario by comparing the results with theory and previous experimental data, and subsequently extended to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze plume dispersion in a crossflow with the construction of a crossflow generation system for the salt-water modeling facility. Lastly, plume dispersion in a crossflow near a building is analyzed.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8319
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Mechanicalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsalt water modelingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledplume dispersion in crossflowen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddispersion near buildingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledplume in crossflowen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledwind dispersionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledflow visualization;en_US
dc.titleWind-Driven Plume Dispersion Near A Buildingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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