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| Author(s): |
Alvarez, Carlos A.
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Franklin, Erick
;
Dancova, P
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | RICAP16, 6TH ROMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS; v. 180, p. 4-pg., 2018-01-01. |
| Abstract | |
The present paper reports the formation of subaqueous barchan dunes by analyzing the temporal evolution of their main geometrical characteristics (width W, length L and horn lengths Lh). After certain time, the dunes reach an equilibrium state and it is possible to study the relation between W versus L, and the dependence of the dune velocity on L. The barchan dunes were formed from spherical glass and zirconium beads. An initial conical heap of beads was placed on the bottom wall of a rectangular channel and it was entrained by a water turbulent flow. The evolution of the dunes was filmed with a CCD camera placed above the channel and mounted on a traveling system. Our results show that after a characteristic time the dune shape does not change and it travels with a roughly constant velocity. Once the equilibrium state is reach, W and L are measured, showing linear dependence. Furthermore, we show that the dune velocity V-d scales with the inverse of the dune length. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/13474-9 - Instabilities on dense granular flows |
| Grantee: | Erick de Moraes Franklin |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/19562-6 - The transport of grains as bed-load and the instabilities of a granular bed |
| Grantee: | Erick de Moraes Franklin |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |