Effects of Pipeline Pressure on Diffusion Characteristics of Leaked Natural Gas in Tunnel Space

Dengfeng Zheng1,2, Jie Zhang2, Zhenyi Liu3

  • 1Civil and Resource Engineering School, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.

ACS Omega
|March 27, 2023
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