Research Article
Numerical Investigation of Wind Erosion to the Grooved Concrete Wall Surface under a Wind-Blown Sand Movement
Table 1
Erosion rates of grooved and smooth wall surfaces under different wind velocities and impact angles.
| Impact angle (°) | Wind velocity (m/s) | Erosion rate of grooved wall surface (mg/m2·s) | Erosion rate of smooth wall surface (mg/m2·s) | Optimization rate (%) |
| 30 | 19 | 8.943E + 01 | 7.431E + 01 | −20.350 | 23 | 1.269E + 02 | 1.059E + 02 | −19.797 | 26 | 1.924E + 02 | 1.694E + 02 | −13.548 |
| 45 | 19 | 1.282E + 02 | 1.214E + 02 | −5.552 | 23 | 2.449E + 02 | 2.387E + 02 | −2.614 | 26 | 3.211E + 02 | 3.159E + 02 | −1.653 |
| 60 | 19 | 1.829E + 02 | 1.849E + 02 | 1.109 | 23 | 3.580E + 02 | 3.685E + 02 | 2.855 | 26 | 4.227E + 02 | 4.334E + 02 | 2.471 |
| 75 | 19 | 2.862E + 02 | 2.994E + 02 | 4.397 | 23 | 3.961E + 02 | 4.121E + 02 | 3.878 | 26 | 5.147E + 02 | 5.363E + 02 | 4.026 |
| 90 | 19 | 3.447E + 02 | 3.632E + 02 | 5.084 | 23 | 4.638E + 02 | 4.876E + 02 | 4.884 | 26 | 5.670E + 02 | 5.934E + 02 | 4.457 |
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