title: Aeolian and subaqueous bedforms in shear flows.
abstract: A sediment bed sheared by an unbounded flow is unconditionally unstable towards the growth of bedforms called ripples under water and dunes in the aeolian case. We review here the dynamical mechanisms controlling this linear instability, putting the emphasis on testing models against field and laboratory measurements. We then discuss the role of nonlinearities and the influence of finite size effects, namely the depth of the atmospheric boundary layer in the aeolian case and the water depth in the case of rivers.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, (PMMH UMR 7636 ESPCI-CNRS-Univ. Paris Diderot-Univ. P.M. Curie.) 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andreotti
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Claudin
mesh_terms: D019015:Geologic Sediments; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D045483:Rivers; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water
keywords: bedforms; dunes; instability; ripples; sediment transport; turbulent and laminarflows