George A. Davidson

Contact Information

Education

• BASc, PhD (Toronto)

Research Interests

• Transport processes in the planetary boundary layer
• Buoyant plume behaviour in cross-flows
• Atmospheric dispersion modelling
• Planetary boundary layer modelling

Teaching

• ME 351 - Fluid Mechanics 1
• ME 303 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics
• ME 203 - Ordinary Differential Equations
• ME 201 - Advanced Calculus
• ME 362 - Fluid Mechanics 2
• ME 571 - Air Pollution
• ME 662 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics
• SYDE 282 - Fluid Mechanics

Selected/Recent Publications

• Davidson, G.A., 1989; Simultaneous Trajectory and Dilution Predictions from a Simple Integral Plume Model. Atmospheric Environment, 23, 341-349.
• Davidson, G.A., 1990; The Role of Entrainment and Drag Force Assumptions in an Integral Plume Analysis, C.S.M.E. Transactions, 14, 61-66.
• Davidson, G.A., 1990; A Modified Power Law Representation of the Pasquill-Gifford Dispersion Coefficients, J. Air and Waste Management Assoc., 40, 1146-1147.
• Alton, B.W., Davidson, G.A., and Slawson, P.R., 1992; Comparison of Measurements and Integral Model Predictions of Hot Water Plume Behaviour in a Crossflow, Atmospheric Environment, 27A, 589-598.
• Davidson, G.A., 1994; Dimensionless Correlations for Buoyant Plume Behaviour in a Crossflow and Scaling Criteria for Physical Modelling of Dispersion Processes, J. Wind Engineering and Ind. Aerodynamics, 51, 135-155.