Advances in Earth Science ›› 2019, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (8): 787-800. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2019.08.0787

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Response of Aeolian Flux to Soil Particle Properties and Airflow Turbulence Fluctuation

Xueyong Zou 1, 2( ),Mengcui Zhang 1,Chunlai Zhang 1, 2,Hong Cheng 1, 2,Huiru Li 1,Feng Zhang 1, 2   

  1. 1. Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
    2. MOE Engineering Research Center of Desertification and Blown-Sand Control, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • Received:2019-07-08 Revised:2019-07-28 Online:2019-08-10 Published:2019-10-11
  • About author:Zou Xueyong(1964-), male, Liu’an City, Anhui Province, Professor. Research areas include blown sand physics and desertification control. E-mail: zouxy@bnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China "Response of aeolian transport rate to soil particle properties and airflow turbulence fluctuation" (No. 41871002) and "Response of soil wind erosion rate to the dynamic influencing factors"(41630747)

Xueyong Zou,Mengcui Zhang,Chunlai Zhang,Hong Cheng,Huiru Li,Feng Zhang. Response of Aeolian Flux to Soil Particle Properties and Airflow Turbulence Fluctuation[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2019, 34(8): 787-800.

The process of aeolian flux in wild areas is usually unstable due to turbulent fluctuation of airflow. The physical parameters of wind and aeolian flux have strong pulsation characteristics and are even intermittent. Since the classical aeolian flux equations derived from steady sediment transport processes do not take into account the physical parameters such as soil particle properties and airflow turbulence characteristics, they cannot accurately predict the process of sediment transport driven by turbulent wind. Based on the analysis of the variables contained in the classical aeolian flux equations and their effects on the aeolian flux, the soil particle properties and the airflow turbulent fluctuation which influence unsteady sediment transport process, and the delayed response of the unsteady sediment transport process to airflow turbulent fluctuation, then the steady and unsteady sediment transports were defined. Strictly, there is no steady sediment transport process in nature, but the sediment transport process in a short period of time can be roughly considered to be a steady sediment transport process as the fluctuation of sediment transport is very little. Thus, the unsteady sediment transport process in a long-term series can be regarded as series of steady sediment transport processes on an "appropriate time scale" (Δt). The construction principles, variables in unsteady aeolian flux equation, and establishing unsteady aeolian flux equation of the way which is the method of determining each variable by controlling the conditional experiments were put forward. Finally, the foreseeable key issues in the process of establishing the unsteady aeolian flux equation were discussed.

No related articles found!
Viewed
Full text


Abstract