Study on microscopic mechanism for sand particles lift-off

A. Fang Jin, Zhi Chun Yang, Mamtimin Geni

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Abstract

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method is used to simulate the lift-off phenomenon of sand particles in the air flow. Whether the sand particles make any form of movement in the air flow, firstly, they always jump into the air from a standstill condition, so it is helpfull to understand the saltation mechanism of sand particles. Because the computitional region is discreted into particles in the SPH method, the movement of each particle can represent the machnical behavior of sand particles if the particle dispersion has the same characteristic with the sand particles. The foundmental theory of SPH method and its key elements are reviewed in detail, such as the kernel function, the choice of smoothing length and their influence on the numerical simulation results.In this study a numerical simulation model of wind-blown sand two-phase flow using SPH model is proposed and then the model is discreted to simulate the take-off process of sand particles with adquate boundary conditions. Simulation results show that the proposed model can be used to simulate the dynamic characteristics of sand particles in lift-off.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMechatronics and Intelligent Materials
Pages1147-1151
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 International Conference on Mechatronics and Intelligent Materials, MIM 2011 - Lijiang, China
Duration: 21 May 201122 May 2011

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume211-212
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on Mechatronics and Intelligent Materials, MIM 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityLijiang
Period21/05/1122/05/11

Keywords

  • Left-off velocity of sand particle
  • Numerical simulation
  • SPH method

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