Authors: A D Araújo J S Andrade L P Maia H J Herrmann
Publish Date: 2009/03/24
Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 193-200
Abstract
Sand traps are used to measure Aeolian flux Since they modify the surrounding wind velocity field their gauging represents an important challenge We use numerical simulations under the assumption of homogeneous turbulence based on FLUENT to systematically study the flow field and trapping efficiency of one of the most common devices based on a hollow cylinder with two slits In particular we investigate the dependence on the wind speed the Stokes number the permeability of the membrane on the slit and the saltation height
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