Open AccessSAND TRANSPORT BY WIND ON A WET SAND SURFACE
Author(s) -
Shintaro Hotta,
Susuma Kubota,
Sadakazu Katori,
Kiyoshi Horikawa
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v19.86
Subject(s) - geotechnical engineering , surface layer , surface (topology) , geology , soil science , layer (electronics) , materials science , mathematics , composite material , geometry
Using those results which were judged to be reasonable among various experiments, an equation predicting the threshold shear velocity on a wet sand surface was obtained. Then, based on a literature survey, results from fundamental experiments, and information obtained from a series of field observation carried out by the authors, a hypothesis to explain the blown sand phenomena on a wet sand surface was developed. Experiments with a well-sorted sand having a median diameter of 0.3 mm showed that the prediction was valid if the water content of the sand layer was less than 8 %.