Simulation
SimSmoke.Org: Simulating Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
The SimSmoke.Org website hosts on-line tools for simulating exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke in a variety of locations, including homes, cars, bars, restaurants, etc. The models can be executed from your web browser.
The USEPA Stochastic Human Exposure and Dose Simulation (SHEDS) Model for PM
The U.S. federal government has created an in-house exposure simulation model for particulate matter with sophisticated sampling features.
From the paper abstract: "The US EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) has developed a population exposure and dose model for particulate matter (PM), called the Stochastic Human Exposure and Dose Simulation (SHEDS) model. SHEDS-PM uses a probabilistic approach that incorporates both variability and uncertainty to predict distributions of PM exposure, inhaled dose, and deposited dose for a specified population."
OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
OpenFOAM is a sophisticated open-source framework for performing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.
From the website: "The OpenFOAM (Open Field Operation and Manipulation) CFD Toolbox can simulate anything from complex fluid flows involving chemical reactions, turbulence and heat transfer, to solid dynamics, electromagnetics and the pricing of financial options. OpenFOAM is produced by OpenCFD Ltd, is freely available and open source, licensed under the GNU General Public Licence."
NIST Multizone Modeling Website
This website is run by the U. S. National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Building and Fire Research Laboratory; Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Group), and it is the home of the CONTAM multizone model, which runs on the Windows and GNU/Linux platforms and can be downloaded for free.
The website aims to "...foster the development and facilitate the application of multizone ventilation and indoor environmental modeling in the areas of building design, operation, maintenance, investigation and research." "....[Y]ou will find software tools for performing multizone analysis, information on the applications of multizone modeling, multizone modeling case studies, and references to multizone modeling publications."
The THEM Software Project
Introduction
This page describes the Total Human Exposure Model (THEM) for exploring particle exposures in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please visit the THEM Summary Page for a complete list of all the THEM project details.
The MIAQ Software Project
Introduction
MIAQ is a Multi-chamber Indoor Air Quality model orginally authored by William W. Nazaroff as part of his Ph.D. disseration research in the Environmental Engineering Science Department at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.
The current maintainer of MIAQ is Dr. Neil E. Klepeis.
The heR Software Project
This page provides details on the human exposure research (heR) software project. You may also want to visit the heR Summary Page page, which lists the main heR highlights.
The heR Project is officially part of the Inhalation Exposure Simulation Modeling project, because it includes sophisticated tools for modeling individual and population exposures. However, it also contains many tools, sub-models, and data sets that are likely to be useful in many different areas of human exposure research. For example, it contains subroutines for manipulating and statistically analyzing activity pattern data, and it also contains routines for executing advanced indoor air quality models.
Inhalation Exposure Simulation Modeling Project
Please visit the IESM Summary Page for a quick description of the aims, investigators, and materials associated with the Inhalation Exposure Simulation Modeling (IESM) hosted project.
Human Exposure Research Package (heR)
Software package for conducting research in human exposure. Routines for manipulating and plotting data, analyzing activity patterns, indoor air quality modeling, and exposure simulation. Miscellaneous data sets for activity patterns and air pollutant monitoring.
A Total Human Exposure Model (THEM) for Respirable Suspended Particles (RSP)
Conference paper containing a description of a total human exposure model for particles and its application to the San Francisco Bay Area.
