Wind tunnel measurements of adobe abrasion by blown sand: Profile characteristics in relation to wind velocity and sand flux

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-363

  Liu, Lian You ^a,b   Gao, Shang Yu ^a,b   Shi, Pei Jun ^a,b   Li, Xiao Yan ^c   Dong, Zhi Bao ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Abrasion by blown sand; Adobe; Aeolian sand flux; Wind tunnel experiment

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SAND; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0037361566     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1049     Document Type: Article

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