Research Article
Comparative Study of Flow Patterns around Rhizophora and Avicennia Mangrove Roots Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation
Table 2
Comparison of velocity of 3 different roots at different positions of incompressible unsteady air flow within 8 seconds.
| | Roots | Rhizophora mangrove roots | Avicennia mangrove roots |
| | Upstream side of root a | 10.1 m/s | 9.3 m/s | | Downstream side of root a | 0 m/s | 0 m/s | | Perpendicular side of root a | 22.4 m/s | 20.7 m/s | | Upstream side of root b | 15.8 m/s | 14.6 m/s | | Downstream side of root b | 0 m/s | 0 m/s | | Top perpendicular side of root b | 33.4 m/s | 30.8 m/s | | Bottom perpendicular side of root b | 22.6 m/s | 21.0 m/s | | Upstream side of root c | 9.3 m/s | 8.6 m/s | | Downstream side of root c | 0 m/s | 0 m/s | | Perpendicular side of root c | 15.5 m/s | 14.3 m/s |
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