On the splash function of equilibrium Aeolian sediment transport

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Abstract

The equilibrium Aeolian sand transport is simulated by Lagrange gas-solid two-phase model. When the velocity and angle distribution of ejected grains are described by normal distribution function obtained by Nalpanis and Hunt in their experiment, the simulated profile of horizontal mass flux is inconsistent with the experimental profile. After detail analysis, we present a modified splash function in which the angle distribution of ejected grains is fitted by normal function and the velocity distribution is fitted by a segmented function comprised of exponential distribution and Gaussian distribution. The simulation result indicates that the modified splash function can well describe the nature of ejection phenomenon in equilibrium sediment transport.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)448-450
Number of pages3
JournalKung Cheng Je Wu Li Hsueh Pao/Journal of Engineering Thermophysics
Volume25
Issue number3
StatePublished - May 2004

Keywords

  • Ejected sand
  • Sediment transport
  • Splash function

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