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This project aims to investigate the flow around and erosion of a planetisimal by a viscous fluid under physical conditions that typically occur in protoplanetary discs. As a starting point, the erosion model presented in [https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1e88/meta Cedenblad et al. (2021)] will be numerically reproduced and systematically extended in perspective. | This project aims to investigate the flow around and erosion of a planetisimal by a viscous fluid under physical conditions that typically occur in protoplanetary discs. As a starting point, the erosion model presented in [https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1e88/meta Cedenblad et al. (2021)] will be numerically reproduced and systematically extended in perspective. | ||
A first step is to investigate the stresses acting on the surface of a stationary sphere flown around by a gas. In particular, the influence of the Mach number in the range \(0<\mathcal{M}<2\) on the shear and | A first step is to investigate the stresses acting on the surface of a stationary sphere flown around by a gas. In particular, the influence of the Mach number in the range \(0<\mathcal{M}<2\) on the shear and normal stress distribution is to be investigated in order to gain a basic understanding of the flow conditions relevant for erosion. | ||
Revision as of 09:51, 19 May 2025
Flow around a planetesimal
This project aims to investigate the flow around and erosion of a planetisimal by a viscous fluid under physical conditions that typically occur in protoplanetary discs. As a starting point, the erosion model presented in Cedenblad et al. (2021) will be numerically reproduced and systematically extended in perspective.
A first step is to investigate the stresses acting on the surface of a stationary sphere flown around by a gas. In particular, the influence of the Mach number in the range \(0<\mathcal{M}<2\) on the shear and normal stress distribution is to be investigated in order to gain a basic understanding of the flow conditions relevant for erosion.