Fluctuating characteristics of streamwise wind speed and total saltation mass flux in the near-neutral atmospheric surface layer

X Zhang, B Zhang, G **n, G Han - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Eolian sand transport in the atmospheric surface layer (ASL) is a typical kind of gas–solid
two-phase flow at a very high Reynolds number that fluctuates over a wide range of spatial …

Representation model of wind velocity fluctuations and saltation transport in aeolian sand flow

XJ Zheng, TL Bo - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the stream-wise and vertical turbulent fluctuations have an important influence on the
movement of sand and dust particles, the accurate quantitative estimation of natural wind …

Dynamics of three-dimensional vortical structures behind a barchan dune based on tomographic particle image velocimetry

X Han, Y Zhou, J Li, Y Zheng, A Rinoshika - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, tomographic particle image velocimetry (PIV) was used to measure three-
dimensional (3D) flow structures behind a fixed-bed barchan dune model at a Reynolds …

Influence of wind velocity and soil size distribution on emitted dust size distribution: A wind tunnel study

R Wang, Q Li, R Wang, C Chang, Z Guo… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The question of whether the emitted dust size distribution (EDSD) depends on wind velocity
or soil size distribution (SSD) remains to be resolved. This study used wind tunnel tests to …

Unsteady dynamics of turbulent flow in the wakes of barchan dunes modulated by overlying boundary-layer structure

NR Bristow, G Blois, JL Best… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
The dynamics of turbulent flow structures in the wakes of barchan dunes is investigated to
understand the complex, long-range interactions that occur between these three …

The influences of boundary layer thickness on the characteristics of saltation sand flow–A large eddy simulation study

SJ Feng, P Wang - Aeolian Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In this paper, Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of turbulence and Lagrangian model of
sand particle motion are adopted to study the characteristics of wind-blown sand flow for …

An entrainment paradox: How hysteretic saltation and secondary transport augment atmospheric uptake of aeolian source materials

S Rana, W Anderson, M Day - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aerodynamic surface stress imposed by the atmospheric surface layer (ASL) drives aeolian
sediment transport processes. When the imposed stress exceeds fluid threshold, splashing …

Disparities in aeolian sand transport across low and high wind speeds in the atmospheric surface layer

G Han, Z Huang, X Zhang, G **n - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Synchronously measured high-frequency wind speeds and saltation mass flux data were
used to investigate the wind-blown sand transport dynamics across low and high wind …

Cross‐wavelet analysis of coherent wind and saltation events

JT Ellis, DJ Sherman - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents high‐resolution field measurements of the wind and saltation fields
using miniphones and anemometers located 20–40 mm apart (bed‐parallel) and 10–40 mm …

Transport characteristics of aeolian sand near different thresholds

T **, P Wang, B Cao - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
The characteristics of wind-blown sand have mainly been derived from steady and
continuous sediment transport studies. However, aeolian sand transport exhibits …