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Multipoint access urban underground roads structure form complex and located in the city densely populated areas. Pollutants, such as CO and NOx, discharged by motor vehicles in the process of running not only threaten the health of drivers in the tunnel but also affect the living environment and health of the people near the tunnel entrance. In this study, the distribution of CO concentration produced by motor vehicle emissions was investigated using the law of conservation of mass, theory of parallel wind paths, and field measurements for four tunnels in Shanghai and Changsha. In addition, experiments were conducted using a 1:8 scale model. The diffusion characteristics of traffic wind and vehicle emissions from multipoint access urban underground roads were studied. A prediction model for distribution characteristics of the CO concentration produced by vehicles flowing in and out of urban underground roads under traffic wind conditions was proposed. The proposed model included the determination of key parameters, such as the traffic wind speed Vr, convective mass transfer coefficient hm, and diffusion characteristic coefficient K. The measured results of the Xiangjiang tunnel at Yingpan Road in Changsha City verified the effectiveness of the proposed model. The error evaluation values Index of Agreement (IA) of the traffic wind and pollutant concentration prediction model were 0.992 and 0.916, respectively. When the tunnel structure and traffic characteristics are known, the calculation model can be used to predict and evaluate the average traffic wind speed and average concentration of CO emitted by motor vehicles in each section along the direction of motor vehicles on the multipoint access urban underground road, and to quantitatively evaluate the influence of each off-ramp (combined ramp) on the distribution characteristics of the CO concentration in the main tunnel. The obtained results can provide a reference for scientific site selection, optimized design of ventilation system, and energy-saving operation of multipoint access urban underground roads. © 2022, Editorial Department of China Journal of Highway and Transport. All right reserved.
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China Journal of Highway and Transport
ISSN: 1001-7372
Year: 2022
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Page: 161-169
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30 Days PV: 11
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