Dataset of turbulent flow over interacting barchan dunes.
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SUBMITTER: Alvarez JG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10751826 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb
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Dataset of turbulent flow over interacting barchan dunes.
Alvarez Jimmy G JG Borges Danilo S DS Franklin Erick M EM
Data in brief 20231217
Barchans are dunes commonly found in dune fields on Earth, Mars and other celestial bodies, where they can interact with each other. This article concerns experimental data for the flow over subaqueous barchans that are either isolated or interacting with each other. The experiments were carried out in a transparent channel of rectangular cross section in which turbulent water flows were imposed over either one single or a pair of barchans. The instantaneous flow fields were measured by using a ...[more]
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