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Main Title Turbulent diffusion behind vehicles : experimentally determined influence of vortex air in vehicle wake /
Author Thompson, Roger S. ; Eskridge, R. E.
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Eskridge, Robert E.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Sciences Research Lab.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1987
Report Number EPA/600/J-87/479
Stock Number PB89-201842
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Automobiles ; Wakes ; Motor vehicles ; Exhaust gases ; Exhaust emissions ; Aerodynamics ; Vortices ; Wind tunnels ; Highways ; Graphs(Charts) ; Reprints ; Automobile exhaust ; Diffusion modeling
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NTIS  PB89-201842 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 8 pages ; 28 cm
Abstract
The wake of a moving vehicle was stimulated using a wind tunnel with a moving floor. The vehicle models, both scale and block-shaped, were held in a fixed position while the floor moved at the upstream air speed. This simulates an automobile traveling on a straight highway in still ambient air. Vertical and lateral profiles of mean and fluctuating velocities and mean tracer concentration were obtained. Profiles were taken at distances of 15-60 model heights downstream. Two exhaust source positions were used: at the center of the rear of the vehicle and on the side just behind the rear wheel. It was found that the scale vehicles induce a pair of vortices in the wake that modify the velocity and concentration patterns in a minor way from that of the block car.
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"Journal article." "EPA/600/J-87/479." "Published in Atmospheric Environment, vol. 21, no. 10 pp. 2091-2097, 1987." Microfiche.