Comparative Study of Flow Patterns around Rhizophora and Avicennia Mangrove Roots Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation

Table 1

Comparison of velocity of 3 different roots at different positions of incompressible unsteady air flow within 4 seconds.

Roots	Rhizophora mangrove roots	Avicennia mangrove roots
Upstream side of root a	5.2 m/s	4.8 m/s
Downstream side of root a	0 m/s	0 m/s
Perpendicular side of root a	11.3 m/s	10.5 m/s
Upstream side of root b	7.5 m/s	6.9 m/s
Downstream side of root b	0 m/s	0 m/s
Top perpendicular side of root b	16.1 m/s	14.9 m/s
Bottom perpendicular side of root b	11.9 m/s	11.0 m/s
Upstream side of root c	4.9 m/s	4.5 m/s
Downstream side of root c	0 m/s	0 m/s
Perpendicular side of root c	6.8 m/s	6.3 m/s