We present a new two-layer closed form model for the dynamics of desert dunes under the effect of a horizontal wind blowing in an arbitrary direction. This model is an extension of a very simplified model previously introduced by Hadeler and Kuttler [12]. Our extension, inspired by the sandpile dynamics approach, includes the effects of gravity on both sides (upwind and downwind) of the dune, and allows to describe erosion and deposition in a more accurate way. After a discussion of the model and its properties we present a numerical scheme based on finite differences in 1D and we prove its consistency and stability. Some numerical tests show a good qualitative behavior and a realistic shape for the evolving dunes. Finally, we discuss the preliminary steps of a possible extension of this model to the 2D case.
A new mathematical model for traveling sand dunes: analysis and approximation / Falcone, M.; Finzi Vita, S.. - In: APPLIED NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS. - ISSN 0168-9274. - 155:(2020), pp. 208-225. [10.1016/j.apnum.2019.12.017]
A new mathematical model for traveling sand dunes: analysis and approximation
Falcone M.
;Finzi Vita S.
2020
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We present a new two-layer closed form model for the dynamics of desert dunes under the effect of a horizontal wind blowing in an arbitrary direction. This model is an extension of a very simplified model previously introduced by Hadeler and Kuttler [12]. Our extension, inspired by the sandpile dynamics approach, includes the effects of gravity on both sides (upwind and downwind) of the dune, and allows to describe erosion and deposition in a more accurate way. After a discussion of the model and its properties we present a numerical scheme based on finite differences in 1D and we prove its consistency and stability. Some numerical tests show a good qualitative behavior and a realistic shape for the evolving dunes. Finally, we discuss the preliminary steps of a possible extension of this model to the 2D case.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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