Computational simulation of the wind-force on metal meshes
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Paper/Presentation Title | Computational simulation of the wind-force on metal meshes |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Sharifian, Ahmad (Author) and Buttsworth, David R. (Author) |
Editors | Jacobs, Peter A., McIntyre, Tim, Cleary, Matthew J., Buttsworth, David R., Mee, David, Clements, Rose, Morgan, Richard and Lemckert, Charles |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2007) |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2007 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISBN | 9781864998948 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.mech.uq.edu.au/16afmc/ |
Conference/Event | 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2007) |
Event Details | 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2007) Parent Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Delivery In person Event Date 03 to end of 07 Dec 2007 Event Location Gold Coast, Australia |
Abstract | [Abstract]: Estimating the drag force on a metal mesh is important if the installed metal mesh area is large and wind speeds are moderate. Such a situation may arise if a metal mesh is used to protect a property from ember attacks in a bushfire prone area. In this work, computational simulations are used to correlate the drag coefficient of a metal mesh in terms of its porosity and the Reynolds number for 10 ≤ Re ≤ 1000. A benchmarking exercise suggests that the computational simulations may be in error by up to 13 % error for the level of discretization that could be achieved due to computer memory limitations. The drag coefficient correlation we have obtained has a maximum error of only 6.5 % with respect to the results from the simulations. |
Keywords | bush fire protection, metal mesh, computational simulation |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401799. Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified |
401204. Computational methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer (incl. computational fluid dynamics) | |
Public Notes | No evidence of copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering |
University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y832/computational-simulation-of-the-wind-force-on-metal-meshes
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