Section

Environmental Safety Construction and Town Economy

Title

THE MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF RADON ENTRY IN BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

Сontributors

N. V. Bakaeva, D. of Tech. Sci., Professor at the Southwest State University, Kursk,

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A.V. Kalaydo, Senior Lecturer of the Department at the Luhansk name Taras Shevchenko State

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Abstract

The research of radon entry in buildings and facilities is an actual problem because the protective measures effectiveness depends of physics of dominant mechanism of radon entry. Currently, the problem of determining the dominant radon entry mechanism is far from being solved because this process has multi-factorial character. In addition, the impact of factors, that form the radon levels in buildings, is simultaneous a multidirectional. So that, it is difficult to give a reliable interpretation of the results of field measurements. In this article the mathematical model of radon entry in buildings and facilities is proposed. It based on the stationary equation of diffusive radon transfer mechanism in the two-dimensional formulation.

Keywords

radon entry, buildings and facilities, radon flux density, diffusive mechanism, convectional (filtration) mechanism.

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