Fahnenachse

English translation: plume axis

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German term or phrase:	Fahnenachse
English translation:	plume axis
Entered by:	Claire Cox

15:33 Mar 22, 2007

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Physics / Dispersal of materials following an incident

German term or phrase: Fahnenachse

Still talking about dispersal of powder following an incident. This section is about the dispersal model and model equations and gives a huge, long equation for calculating air concentration with a variety of variables including

Höhe der realen und "virtuellen" Fahnenachsen

Does anyone have any idea what these might be?

Many thanks

Claire Cox KudoZ activity Questions: 665 (none open) (73 closed without grading) Answers: 1031 United Kingdom
Local time: 23:58

plume axis

Explanation:
Fahne ist in ähnlichen Zusammenhängen oft kurz für "Gas/Abgasfahne", und wird mit "plume" übersetzt.
Bin allerdings nicht ganz sicher, ob das für deinen Fall auch zutrifft.

Selected response from:

Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 00:58

Grading comment

Many thanks - it came up again in conjunction with Gaussian plume models which certainly fit in this context.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

2 +1

plume axis

Erik Freitag

dispersal axis

jccantrell

vane axis

David Seycek

Answers

6 mins confidence:

vane axis

Explanation:
I found this:

Reference: http://www.hydrovane.com/tips_de.html

David Seycek
Austria
Local time: 00:58
Native speaker of:

German,

Czech

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

plume axis

Explanation:
Fahne ist in ähnlichen Zusammenhängen oft kurz für "Gas/Abgasfahne", und wird mit "plume" übersetzt.
Bin allerdings nicht ganz sicher, ob das für deinen Fall auch zutrifft.

Reference: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S135943110400189...
Reference: http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/205/21/3387.pdf

Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 00:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 32

Grading comment

Many thanks - it came up again in conjunction with Gaussian plume models which certainly fit in this context.

25 mins confidence:

dispersal axis

Explanation:
I work with satellites, and when one, ahem, encounters an anomaly that results in rapid disassembly, we speak of a 'debris cloud' so you may wish to consider 'cloud' if you REALLY need something for Fahne but I think you might just use this term.

It covers the intent of the German, imo.

Reference: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003AGUFM.V51F0340H
Reference: http://www.gns.cri.nz/what/earthact/volcanoes/nzvolcanoes/ok...

jccantrell
United States
Local time: 15:58
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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