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DOI | 10.1007/s40333-017-0101-8 |
Effects of wind guide plates on wind velocity acceleration and dune leveling: a case study in Ulan Buh Desert, China | |
Han Yanlong; Gao Yong![]() | |
通讯作者 | Gao Yong |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ARID LAND
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ISSN | 1674-6767 |
EISSN | 2194-7783 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 9期号:5页码:743-752 |
英文摘要 | The areas used to be covered by shifting sand dunes have been reclaimed rapidly in recent years. However, it is a challenge to reclaim high sand dunes because it is rather costly to level the high dunes to gentle arable lands. In this study, a wind guide plate was used to change the characteristics of natural wind to level the sand dunes. The use of wind energy could significantly increase the efficiency of dune leveling and decrease the cost. Low wind velocity is a typical characteristic in Ulan Buh Desert of China where the average wind speed is much lower than the threshold velocity for sand movement. The experiment of this study was conducted to accelerate the wind velocity by a wind guide plate to level a sand dune. Results show that the threshold velocity for sand movement is 3.32 m/s at 10 cm above the sand surface in Ulan Buh Desert. A wind guide plate set at an angle less than 50 degrees could significantly increase the wind velocity. The wind velocity could be accelerated up to the threshold velocity for sand movement behind a plate when the plate is at the angles of 20 degrees, 25 degrees, 35 degrees and 40 degrees. The most significant acceleration of wind velocity appears at 1.5 and 3.0 m behind the plate with an angle of 25 degrees. An obvious wind velocity acceleration zone exists behind the wind guide plate when the angles are at 25 degrees, 35 degrees, 40 degrees and 45 degrees, with the most obvious zone under the angle of 45 degrees. The results also show that the total amount of sand transferred over the experimental period increased by 6.1% under the effects of wind guide plates compared to the sand moved without wind guide plates. The results of the study will provide theoretical and practical supports for desert management in sand dune areas. |
英文关键词 | wind guide plate sand dune dune leveling wind velocity sandy desert Ulan Buh Desert |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000409311700009 |
WOS关键词 | NORTHERN CHINA ; SAND DUNES ; DESERTIFICATION ; TUNNEL ; LAND |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/200184 |
作者单位 | Inner Mongolia Agr Univ, Coll Desert Control Sci & Engn, Hohhot 010018, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Han Yanlong,Gao Yong,Meng Zhongju,et al. Effects of wind guide plates on wind velocity acceleration and dune leveling: a case study in Ulan Buh Desert, China[J],2017,9(5):743-752. |
APA | Han Yanlong.,Gao Yong.,Meng Zhongju.,Dang Xiaohong.,Jia Xu.,...&Li Peng.(2017).Effects of wind guide plates on wind velocity acceleration and dune leveling: a case study in Ulan Buh Desert, China.JOURNAL OF ARID LAND,9(5),743-752. |
MLA | Han Yanlong,et al."Effects of wind guide plates on wind velocity acceleration and dune leveling: a case study in Ulan Buh Desert, China".JOURNAL OF ARID LAND 9.5(2017):743-752. |
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