دانلود رایگان مقاله مطالعه عددی توزیع تنش برشی در سطح موج دار شدن شن و ماسه در جریان تونل بادی

abstract

The mechanism responsible for the formation and sustainability of sand ripples sheared by a uniform air flow is not well understood, despite the significant attention that has been given to it ever since the pioneering studies of Bagnold (1941). In this study we explore ANSYS Fluent simulations of fine-scale turbulent flow structure in the vicinity of 2D sand ripples with particular emphasis on shear stress distribution at the sand bed. The flow parameters in the simulations were pertinent to the wind tunnel experiments for studying sand ripples formation. The simulations show that the shear stress at the crest is about 2.5 times larger than the shear stress at the trough and that in most of the simulations a separation bubble has been developed at the lee slope. In contrast to wind tunnel experiments the simulations show that ripples will be flattened at wind speed of 9 m/s as shear stress at the ripples surface exceeds the fluid threshold. This discrepancy between the calculations and real wind tunnel measurements are due to the important role of the saltation layer on the decrease of the shear stress at the surface. Without this effect ripples cannot grow higher and will be diminished at quite moderate winds.

4. Summary and conclusions

The wind flow over 2D sand ripples in wind tunnel has been studied using ANSYS Fluent simulations for different inlet velocities and ripples heights. Simulations show that shear stress at the crest is about 2.5 times larger than the shear stress at the trough and that in most of the simulations a separation bubble has been formed at the lee slope. These results highlight the importance of the effect of the saltation on the shear stress at the surface since without saltation only small ripples will be formed. Ripples will exist as long as the shear velocity at the surface will be below the impact threshold for the specific grain size. Extension of the simulations to three-dimensional ripples with different curvature segments will help to understand stability of normal ripples to transverse perturbations (Yizhaq et al., 2012).