Fall velocities of saltating sand grains in air and their distribution laws

Powder Technology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-104

  Cheng, Hong ^a   Zou, Xue Yong ^a   Zhang, Chun Lai ^a   Quan, Zhan Jun ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fall velocity; Particle collisions; Probability distribution function; Saltating sand grains

Indexed keywords

COLLISION PROCESS; DISTRIBUTION LAWS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FALL VELOCITY; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH-SPEED; KEY PARAMETERS; LIFT-OFF VELOCITIES; MOTION MODELS; PARTICLE COLLISIONS; PEARSON IV; PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; SALTATING SAND GRAINS; SAND-BEDS; VERTICAL COMPONENTS; VERTICAL VELOCITIES; WIND VELOCITIES;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FRICTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; VELOCITY;

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EID: 62149106693     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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