Vertical distribution of wind-sand interaction forces in aeolian sand transport

Geomorphology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-373

  Kang, Liqiang ^a   Zou, Xueyong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian sand transport; Discrete particle model (DPM); Drag force; Magnus force; Saffman force; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DRAG; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 78649687881     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.09.025     Document Type: Article

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