Numerical and wind tunnel modeling on the windbreak effectiveness to control the aeolian erosion of conical stockpiles

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-76

  Ferreira, Almerindo D ^a   Lambert, Rosebud J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Conical pile; Erosion potential; Pile deformation; Stockpiles; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EOLIAN PROCESS; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; WIND BREAK; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 78651408912     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-010-9176-x     Document Type: Article

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