Numerical Simulation of Drag Partition over Rough Surfaces |
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Authors: | An Li Yaping Shao |
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Institution: | (1) School of Mathematics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;(2) Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, SAR, P.R, China |
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Abstract: | We present a numerical simulation of drag partition over rough surfaces. A computational fluid dynamics model is applied with high resolution to simulatingturbulent flows over arrays of roughness elements positioned on asmooth surface. The skin drag on the surface and the pressure drag on the roughnesselements are computed. The simulated drag partition compares well with wind-tunnelmeasurements and theoretical estimates for similar rough surfaces. This confirms that the computational approach offers an alternative to wind-tunnel and field experiments in studying drag and drag partition. The model is then applied to studying drag partition over rough surfaces with various roughness configurations. It is shown that drag partition depends not only on the magnitude of the roughness frontal area but also on the sizes and arrangement of roughness elements, because (1) the pressure drag coefficient is sensitive to roughness-element dimensions and (2) the arragement of roughness elements lead to different interferences of turbulent wakes. The impact ofthe latter factor is not insignificant. |
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Keywords: | Computation fluid dynamics Drag partition Large-eddy simulation Rough surface Wind erosion |
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