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Arid Land Geography ›› 2022, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 1784-1794.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.066

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Three dimensional flow field characteristics of two typical blowout in the dry lake basin of Taitema Lake and their influence on wind erosion

CUI Kejun1,2,3,4,5(),LI Shengyu1,2,3,4,5(),WANG Haifeng1,2,3,5,FAN Jinglong1,2,4,5   

  1. 1. National Engineering Technology Research Center for Desert-Oasis Ecological Construction, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, China
    3. Mosuowan Desert Research Station, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shihezi 832000, Xinjiang, China
    4. Taklimakan Desert Research Station, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Korla 841000, Xinjiang, China
    5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2022-02-23 Revised:2022-03-26 Online:2022-11-25 Published:2023-02-01
  • Contact: Shengyu LI E-mail:464509354@qq.com;lishy_hb@163.com

Abstract:

Blowouts in the dry lake basin of Taitema Lake, south Xinjiang, China are primarily slotted pits and saucer-shaped pits, and the surface wind erosion is not only influenced by the incoming wind velocity but also strongly influenced by the three-dimensional (3D) flow field in these blowouts. Based on wind tunnel experiments and computational fluid dynamics numerical simulations, the 3D flow field of blowouts is investigated. The following results are found: (1) From the air inlet to the air outlet, the wind speed at the bottom of the grooved and dished blowouts exhibits a change mode of deceleration-acceleration-deceleration-acceleration. The wind speed in the horizontal plane, where the upper mouth is located, exhibits a change mode of acceleration-deceleration-acceleration. The air pressure at the upper mouth also changes spatially accordingly. The overall change mode of the grooved and dished blowouts is low pressure-high pressure-low pressure. The change of trough pit is more obvious. (2) Both blowouts have a certain adsorption effect on wind and sand flow, causing wind and sand flow into the pits, accumulating energy, wind, and sand flow and intensifying wind erosion development. (3) Blowouts intensify surface erosion, and the degree of erosion is related to the scale of the blowout; the larger the scale of the blowout, the stronger the surface erosion. This study visualizes the 3D velocity, pressure, and wind-sand flow distribution patterns in trough-shaped and disc-shaped blowouts and proposes a wind-sand flow adsorption mechanism in these blowouts, the results of which can provide theoretical guidance for inland dry lake basin desertification control.

Key words: blowout, wind tunnel experiments, CFD numerical simulation, wind and sand flow