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Simulation Study on the Influence of the Traffic Conditions on Vehicle Performance and Emission

A. Srinivaas, a_srinivaas@cb.amrita.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, TN, India V. S. Baradhsundar Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, TN, India

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Abstract

This study is to investigate on how the traffic condition affects the vehicle performance and emission through simulation. A real-world road network is chosen for the simulation which is Ghatkesar junction in Telangana, India. The tools used for simulation is the Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO) along with IPG Carmaker. Traffic conditions such as high traffic and low traffic are considered for the simulation. Components of emission for both the high and low traffic condition are obtained such as CO₂, CO, HC, PMx and NOx are assessed in the study. Also, speed of the vehicle and time taken for the trip are considered along with the traffic conditions to study the influence of the traffic on the vehicle performance. This work illustrates the pre-study of the Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) for making simulation studies better with different software interacting dynamically and this work is a simplified and economic approach to the growing needs of the simulation-based studies.

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