PIV experiment on the gas-solid multiphase flow relevant to windblown sand: Comparison of velocity fields of sand particles and air flow by simultaneous measurement

Kenji Otakeguchi, Daisuke Aoshima, Yusuke Sakamoto, Takahiro Tsukahara, Yasuo Kawaguchi, Makoto Yamamoto

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Abstract

We measured simultaneously the air flow velocity and the suspended sand-particles velocity in the turbulent boundary layer, using particle image velocimetry (PIV), to study the wind-blown sand transport. It is important, in the context of the environmental issues, to elucidate the mechanism of the windblown sand, which gives rise to serious problems in arid/desert areas, such as the dust storm and the yellow sand. It is also necessary to understand quantitatively the interaction between the gas phase (air) and the solid phase (sand grains) in the multiphase flow. We found that the momentum exchange between the streamwise and the wall-normal velocities might be inhibited by sand grains and that the streamwise velocity of the gas phase in the multiphase flow was decreased by the momentum exchange between the air and the sand grains. It was observed that gas-phase flow was biased by a cluster of sand grains near a wall.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJK 2011
Pages3211-3219
Number of pages9
EditionPARTS A, B, C, D
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
EventASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJK 2011 - Hamamatsu, Japan
Duration: 24 Jul 201129 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJK 2011
NumberPARTS A, B, C, D
Volume1

Conference

ConferenceASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJK 2011
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityHamamatsu
Period24/07/1129/07/11

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