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Visualization of snowdrift around buildings of an Antarctic base through numerical simulation

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The removal of snowdrifts resulting from snowstorms is often a physically intensive work in Antarctica. Therefore, it is important to consider snowdrift around buildings in construction planning. In this study, we predicted snowdrift using a small experimental facility and existing numerical-analysis software that can be easily implemented. First, the snow cover around a cube model resulting from a snowstorm was calculated through numerical analysis. And the validity of numerical analysis was examined. To consider the effect of the form of a proposed Antarctic building on snowdrift, the snowdrift around buildings of an Antarctic base was then predicted by numerical analysis. As a result, it is thus expected that work involved in removing snowdrifts can be reduced through the appropriate design of curved-roof Antarctic buildings employing numerical analysis.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, 1030 Shimoogino, Atsugi, Kanagawa, 243-0292, Japan

    Y. Yamagishi & S. Kimura

  2. National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo, 190-8515, Japan

    K. Ishizawa & M. Kikuchi

  3. Meteorological Research Institute for Technology Co., Ltd, 1-30-17 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    H. Morikawa & T. Kojima

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Yamagishi, Y., Kimura, S., Ishizawa, K. et al. Visualization of snowdrift around buildings of an Antarctic base through numerical simulation. J Vis 15, 77–84 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-011-0105-y

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