Modeling of Single- and Double-Panel Walls against Snowdrifts

The article describes of the polymer mesh snow walls against snowdrifts. There are no recommendations for the design of such structures in the literature. Therefore, the study of the snowdrift capacity of polymer mesh snow walls is relevant. Purpose: Justification of using polymer mesh snow walls to protect roads from snowdrifts. Methodology/approach: The simulation of snow wall operation during snowdrift is performed in FlowVision using Navier–Stokes equations for computational fluid dynamics. Geometric models are created for single- and double-panel walls. Snow deposition dynamics near the wall protection is studied. The snowdrift capacity is evaluated for protective walls. Research findings: The snowdrift capacity of proposed design of the double-panel wall is slightly less than that of the single-panel wall. The snow accumulation area locates closer to the wall, but the snowdrift forms at a greater distance near the obstacle. Therefore, the double-panel snow wall can be used for the road protection from snow.