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

Table 3

Comparison of velocity of 3 different roots at different positions of incompressible unsteady air flow within 12 seconds.

Roots	Rhizophora mangrove roots	Avicennia mangrove roots
Upstream side of root a	15.1 m/s	13.9 m/s
Downstream side of root a	0 m/s	0 m/s
Perpendicular side of root a	35.6 m/s	32.9 m/s
Upstream side of root b	23.3 m/s	21.5 m/s
Downstream side of root b	0 m/s	0 m/s
Top perpendicular side of root b	49.6 m/s	45.8 m/s
Bottom perpendicular side of root b	35.9 m/s	33.2 m/s
Upstream side of root c	14.6 m/s	13.5 m/s
Downstream side of root c	0 m/s	0 m/s
Perpendicular side of root c	21.8 m/s	20.1 m/s