Plume Mechanics and Particle Growth Processes.
Abstract
Numerical models have been developed for studying aerosol growth processes in dispersing smoke plumes. The principal growth processes are coagulation and condensation/evaporation. For coagulation, the existence of asymptotic limit distributions has been demonstrated. It is shown that the condensation/evaporation process can lead to multimodal particle size distributions. The aerosol growth processes have been incorporated in general K-theory model for dispersion of smoke plumes. Some of the results from field measurements of plumes from smoke munitions support conclusions based on our numerical model studies. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 10, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA096081
Entities
People
- J. R. Brock
Organizations
- University of Texas at Austin