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The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes
R. A. Bagnold
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Paperback. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GB; PD; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM THIS book results from an attempt to explain on a basis of experimental physics some of the many strange phenomena produced by the natural movement of sand over the dry land of the Earth. The subject is but one aspect of a far wider problem which is still very imperfectly grasped-the transport of solid particles of any kind by fluids in general. Here the difficulty has been, and still is, that no one branch of science has attempted to deal with the problem as a whole, or to co-ordinate the vast amount of piecemeal work ... Read more
THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM THIS book results from an attempt to explain on a basis of experimental physics some of the many strange phenomena produced by the natural movement of sand over the dry land of the Earth. The subject is but one aspect of a far wider problem which is still very imperfectly grasped-the transport of solid particles of any kind by fluids in general. Here the difficulty has been, and still is, that no one branch of science has attempted to deal with the problem as a whole, or to co-ordinate the vast amount of piecemeal work ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
Number of Pages
265
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400956841
SKU
V9789400956841
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