Wind tunnel simulation of the three-dimensional airflow patterns behind cuboid obstacles at different angles of wind incidence, and their significance for the formation of sand shadows

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 258-270

  Luo, Wanyin ^a   Dong, Zhibao ^a   Qian, Guangqiang ^a   Lu, Junfeng ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Dune dynamics; Obstacles to wind flow; Secondary airflow patterns; Shadow dunes; Wind tunnel simulation

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; DUNE FIELD; DUNE FORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE MOTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84856020729     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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