Nonlinear dynamics of Aeolian sand ripples

Authors
Prigozhin, L
Citation
L. Prigozhin, Nonlinear dynamics of Aeolian sand ripples, PHYS REV E, 60(1), 1999, pp. 729-733
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
ISSN journal
1063651X → ACNP
Volume
60
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
729 - 733
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(199907)60:1<729:NDOASR>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We study the initial instability of flat sand surface and further nonlinear dynamics of wind ripples. The proposed continuous model of ripple formatio n allowed us to simulate the development of a typical asymmetric ripple sha pe and the evolution of a sand ripple pattern. We suggest that this evoluti on occurs via ripple merger preceded by several solitonlike interaction of ripples. [S1063-651X(99)04507-9].