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A Wind Tunnel Study to examine the Edge Effects of Roadway Barriers
Citation:
Heist, D., S. Perry, AND L. Brouwer. A Wind Tunnel Study to examine the Edge Effects of Roadway Barriers. 2020 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, January 12 - 16, 2020.
Impact/Purpose:
The study was conducted in the EPA Fluid Modeling Facility’s meteorological wind tunnel and focused on effect on pollutant dispersion of near-road barriers. The data from this study allow us to quantify the effects of the ends of the barriers for both perpendicular and oblique wind directions. In addition to the limited field data available on this issue, this wind tunnel data will be essential for evaluating the ability of noise-barrier algorithms within dispersion models to simulate the overall mitigative effect of barriers.
Description:
The study was conducted in the EPA Fluid Modeling Facility’s meteorological wind tunnel and focused on effect on pollutant dispersion of near-road barriers. The data from this study allow us to quantify the effects of the ends of the barriers for both perpendicular and oblique wind directions. In addition to the limited field data available on this issue, this wind tunnel data will be essential for evaluating the ability of noise-barrier algorithms within dispersion models to simulate the overall mitigative effect of barriers.