Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Wet Snow Accumulation on Inclined Cylindrical Surfaces

Figure 1

(a) Schematic of the snow particles in a flow around a cross section of circular cable stays. Geometry of the object, velocity, size, and shape of the snow particles are the determining factors of the route that the particles pass. (b) Schematic of snow accumulation on inclined cylindrical cable stays. A matrix is used to transform the z direction (gravity direction) to centerline for modelling wet snow accumulation on torsionally rigid inclined cable stays. (c) The snow particle’s velocity field for cable diameter (), diameter of snow particles (), and density of snow particles () with air inlet velocity ().

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