Experimental analysis of sand particles' lift-off and incident velocities in wind-blown sand flux

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 564-573

  Xie, Li ^a   Dong, Zhibao ^b   Zheng, Xiaojing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Incident velocity; Lift off velocity; Probability density; Tunnel experiment; Wind blown sand movement

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; WIND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

INCIDENT VELOCITY; LIFT OFF VELOCITY; PHASE DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WIND BLOWN SAND MOVEMENT;

SAND;

EID: 33644932955     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-005-0078-y     Document Type: Article

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