Abstract
A method is developed to estimate the stress at the surface in a portable wind tunnel for wind erosion studies. The boundary layer height and the pressure gradient are used in a simple expression from the Karman Integral Momentum Equation. Values of friction velocity u* are within 10% of experimental values obtained through correlation techniques, including measurements of differential pressures with the Murdoch Turbulence Probe MTP and the X-wire, hot-wire anemometer XWA. Wind velocity and stress profiles reveal logarithmic trends and a ‘constant stress layer’ near the surface in the DAWA portable wind tunnel. Realignment of the statistics with the mean wind is essential.
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