3D Dune Skeleton Model as a Coupled Dynamical System of 2D Cross-Sections

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2010-03-18

arxiv.org/abs/1003.3563v3

J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 79 (2010) 063002

Nonlinear Sciences

Pattern Formation and Solitons

6 pages, 6 figures, letter

Scientific paper

10.1143/JPSJ.79.063002

To analyze theoretically the stability of the shape and the migration process of transverse dunes and barchans, we propose a {\it skeleton model} of 3D dunes described with coupled dynamics of 2D cross-sections. First, 2D cross-sections of a 3D dune parallel to the wind direction are extracted as elements of a skeleton of the 3D dune, hence, the dynamics of each and interaction between them is considered. This model simply describes the essential dynamics of 3D dunes as a system of coupled ordinary differential equations. Using the model we study the stability of the shape of 3D transversal dunes and their deformation to barchans depending on the amount of available sand in the dune field, sand flow in parallel and perpendicular to wind direction.

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