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Limitations of applying grain weight similitude in aeolian studies with NASA Mars Wind Tunnel
The Mars Surface Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center is used to simulate windblown (aeolian) movement of sand and dust on the martian surface. Because objects weigh less on Mars, the tunnel employs lighter sand in the form of crushed walnut shell to compensate for Earth’s higher gravity. The tunnel is thus operated on the principle of ‘grain-weight similitude’. This approach enables successful replication of transport thresholds but it leads to major discrepancies for other aspects of grain behavior.
期刊介绍:
The scope of Aeolian Research includes the following topics:
• Fundamental Aeolian processes, including sand and dust entrainment, transport and deposition of sediment
• Modeling and field studies of Aeolian processes
• Instrumentation/measurement in the field and lab
• Practical applications including environmental impacts and erosion control
• Aeolian landforms, geomorphology and paleoenvironments
• Dust-atmosphere/cloud interactions.