Large eddy simulation of flow structures and pollutant dispersion in the near-wake region of the studied ground vehicle for different driving conditions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5317-5339

  Chan, T L ^a   Luo, D D ^a   Cheung, C S ^a   Chan, C K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ambient wind flow condition; Driving conditions; Large eddy simulation (LES); Near wake region; Pollutant concentration and dispersion; Rear slant angle; Urban road microenvironments; Vehicular exhaust plume

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DISPERSION (WAVES); EDDY CURRENTS; FISH; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; JETS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED; THEOREM PROVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAKES;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENTS; CONCENTRATION FIELDS; DIESEL VEHICLES; DRIVING CONDITIONS; EDDY SIMULATIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); JET PLUMES; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION (LES); LIGHT DUTY; MICRO ENVIRONMENTS; MICRO-ENVIRONMENTS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) FLOWS; TIME-AVERAGED FLOW; TURBULENT MIXING; URBAN ROADS; VEHICLE SPEEDS; WAKE REGION; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND FLOWS; WIND SPEED (WS);

VEHICLES;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DIESEL ENGINE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; VORTICITY; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WIND;

EID: 45449108975     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.068     Document Type: Article

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