The transport of sand and dust by wind is a potent erosional force, creates sand dunes and
ripples, and loads the atmosphere with suspended dust aerosols. This paper presents an …

Granular materials are ubiquitous in our daily lives. While they have been the subject of
intensive engineering research for centuries, in the last two decades granular matter has …

Sand, rice, sugar, snow, cement... Although ubiquitous in our daily lives, granular media still
challenge engineers and fascinate researchers. This book provides the state-of-the-art of the …

We report an experimental investigation of the motion of bed load particles under steady and
spatially uniform turbulent flow above a flat sediment bed of uniform grain size. Using a high …

An erodible bed sheared by a fluid flow, gas or liquid, is generally unstable, and bed forms
grow. This review discusses the following issues, in light of the recent literature: What are the …

Fractional calculus has been used to model various hydrologic processes for 15 years. Yet,
there are still major gaps between real-world hydrologic dynamics and fractional-order …

Aeolian processes involve the wind action on a sedimentary substrate, namely erosion,
sand transport and deposition. They are responsible for the emergence of aeolian dunes …

The linear stability analysis of the equations governing the evolution of a flat sand bed
submitted to a turbulent shear flow predicts that the wavelength λ at which the bed …

Mechanics plays a fundamental role in aeolian processes and other environmental studies.
This proposed book systematically presents the new progress in the research of aeolian …

The transport of sand by wind results from the equilibrium between the erosion of grains
dragged by the flow and the resulting slow down of the wind velocity. The dynamical …