A Wind Tunnel Investigation into the Aerodynamics of Lobed Hailstones
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- Autoren
- Alexander Theis
- Stephan Borrmann
- Subir Kumar Mitra
- Andrew J Heymsfield
- Miklos Szakall
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- https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000541801900070&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- DOI
- 10.3390/atmos11050494
- eISSN
- 2073-4433
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- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 5
- Zeitschrift
- ATMOSPHERE
- Schlüsselwörter
- lobed hailstones
- wind tunnel experiments
- precipitation
- drag coefficient
- surface roughness
- Artikelnummer
- ARTN 494
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2020
- Status
- Published
- Titel
- A Wind Tunnel Investigation into the Aerodynamics of Lobed Hailstones
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- Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 11
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- Abstract
- <jats:p>The complex surface geometries of hailstones affect their fall behavior, fall speeds, and growth. Systematic experimental investigations on the influence of the number and length of lobes on the fall velocity and the drag coefficient of hailstones were performed in the Mainz vertical wind tunnel to provide relationships for use in numerical models. For this purpose, 3D prints of four artificial lobed hailstone models as well as spheres were used. The derived drag coefficients show no dependency in the Reynolds number in the range between 25,000 and 85,000. Further, the drag coefficients were found to increase with increasing length of lobes. All lobed hailstones show higher or similar drag coefficients than spheres. The terminal velocities of the the hailstones with short lobes are very close to each other and only reduced by about 6% from those of a sphere. The terminal velocities from the long lobed hailstones deviate up to 21% from a sphere. The results indicate that lobes on the surface of hailstones reduce their kinetic energy by a factor of up to 3 compared to a sphere. This has important consequences for the estimation of the destructive potential of hailstones.</jats:p>
- Autoren
- Alexander Theis
- Stephan Borrmann
- Subir Kumar Mitra
- Andrew J Heymsfield
- Miklós Szakáll
- DOI
- 10.3390/atmos11050494
- eISSN
- 2073-4433
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 5
- Zeitschrift
- Atmosphere
- Sprache
- en
- Online publication date
- 2020
- Paginierung
- 494 - 494
- Status
- Published online
- Herausgeber
- MDPI AG
- Herausgeber URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos11050494
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2020
- Titel
- A Wind Tunnel Investigation into the Aerodynamics of Lobed Hailstones
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 11
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- CC-BY
- Autoren
- Alexander Theis
- Stephan Borrmann
- Subir Kumar Mitra
- Andrew J Heymsfield
- Miklós Szakáll
- Hosting institution
- Universitätsbibliothek Mainz
- Sammlungen
- JGU-Publikationen
- Resource version
- Published version
- DOI
- 10.3390/atmos11050494
- Funding acknowledgements
- DFG, Open Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizin Mainz
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- ISSN
- 2073-4433
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 5
- Zeitschrift
- Atmosphere
- Schlüsselwörter
- 530 Physik
- 530 Physics
- Sprache
- eng
- Open access status
- Open Access
- Paginierung
- Art. 494
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2020
- Public URL
- https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/5268
- Herausgeber
- MDPI AG
- Herausgeber URL
- https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11050494
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2020
- Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
- 2020
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- Public
- Titel
- A wind tunnel investigation into the aerodynamics of lobed hailstones
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 11
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