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Team Number: 079
School Name: Santa Fe High
Area of Science: Put Area of Science Here
Project Title: Effects of Aeolian and Fluvial Forces on Paricle
Motion and Deposition
Our objective is to determine how the forces associated with the movement
of air and water affect formations of patterns in sand. This is important
because the ability to predict the migration of sand dunes and sand bars
would be beneficial to surrounding environments, especially near
inhabited areas. There are many mathematical approaches involving the
movement of granular particles. The variables in this case will be
limited to particle size, dune angle to the horizontal, particle density,
gravitational pull, and directional shape of fluvial forces. Algebra,
trigonometry, and perhaps calculus will be used. We will use a computer
to develop mathematical relationships between these variables and
eventually be able to determine the growth, fluctuation, movements, etc.
of patterns in sand under the distinct conditions that may occur.
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