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Ripple Formation in a Saltation-Avalanche Model

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Traffic and Granular Flow ’99

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A stochastic model is proposed to describe the ripple formation. Saltation and avalanches are the unique ingredients of the model. The dynamics of ripple formation is studied using a cellular automata. The “ripple state” turns out to be metastable. An extension of the model to the case of binary mixtures is also discussed.

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  1. Laboratoire des Milieux Désordonnés et Hétérogènes, Tour 13, Case 86, 4 place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

    S. Galam

  2. GRASP, Institut de Physique B5, Universitè de Liège, B-4000, Liege, Belgium

    N. Vandewalle & H. Caps

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  1. Institut für Wirtschaft und Verkehr, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany

    Dirk Helbing

  2. ICA 1 Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57/III, 70550, Stuttgart, Germany

    Hans J. Herrmann

  3. Physik von Transport und Verkehr, Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg, Lotharstraße 1, 47048, Duisburg, Germany

    Michael Schreckenberg

  4. Theoretische Physik, Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg, Lotharstraße 1, 47048, Duisburg, Germany

    Dietrich E. Wolf

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Galam, S., Vandewalle, N., Caps, H. (2000). Ripple Formation in a Saltation-Avalanche Model. In: Helbing, D., Herrmann, H.J., Schreckenberg, M., Wolf, D.E. (eds) Traffic and Granular Flow ’99. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59751-0_54

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