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Contaminant dispersion as viewed from a fixed position

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

Ronald Smith
Ronald Smith
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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW
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Abstract

A Hermite series expansion is used to describe the time evolution of the contaminant concentration at a fixed location in a flow. Exact expressions are derived for the dosage, centroid and temporal variance. A two-mode approximation is proposed which gives accurate results at moderate to large distances downstream of the discharge.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 152 , March 1985 , pp. 217 - 233
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© 1985 Cambridge University Press

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