Effect of rear slant angle on flow structures, and pollutant dispersion and concentration fields in the wake of the studied model vehicle

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 25-26, 2008, Pages 6180-6193

  Chan, T L ^a   Gosse, K ^a   Zhou, Y ^a   Lee, S C ^a   Wang, X W ^a   Huang, J F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cold wire thermometry; Flow structures; Laser Doppler anemometry; Near wake; Pollutant dispersion; Scalar concentration field; Vehicular exhaust jet condition; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ANEMOMETERS; CLASSIFIERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSION (WAVES); DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW STRUCTURE; JETS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MODEL STRUCTURES; POLLUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; RHENIUM ALLOYS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THEOREM PROVING; THERMOMETERS; TUNNELS; VEHICLES; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS; WIRE;

COLD WIRE THERMOMETRY; FLOW STRUCTURES; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; NEAR-WAKE; POLLUTANT DISPERSION; SCALAR CONCENTRATION FIELD; VEHICULAR EXHAUST JET CONDITION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 55549097787     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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