Wind tunnel measurements of the dilution of tailpipe emissions downstream of a car, a light-duty truck, and a heavy-duty truck tractor head

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 704-714

  Chang, Victor W C ^a,c   Hildemann, Lynn M ^a   Chang, Cheng Hisn ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; ETHYLENE; FOG; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

DOWNSTREAM DISTANCES; EXHAUST PARTICLES; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS; HEAVY-DUTY TRACTORS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; VEHICLE EXHAUST EMISSIONS; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS;

TRACTORS (TRUCK);

ETHYLENE;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DILUTION; EXHAUST GAS; FLOW RATE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 67651087584     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.6.704     Document Type: Article

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