Granular materials can be studied in a split-bottom ring shear cell geometry, where they show wide shear bands under slow, quasi-static, large deformation. The contact models are at the basis of their interesting collective behavior and flow-rheology as well the core ingredient for the discrete element method (DEM). The contact mechanics used involves elasto-plastic, viscous, frictional, and to...

This paper focuses on a hydraulic radius separation approach used to calculate the boundary shear stress in terms of bed and wall shear stress proposed in a trapezoidal channel. The average bed and sidewall shear stress in smooth trapezoidal open channels are derived after using Guo & Julien (2005) early equations taking a part of an investigation to cover both rectangular and trapezoidal chann...

shear modulus and damping ratio are important input parameters in dynamic analysis. a series of resonant column tests was carried out on pure clays and sand-clay mixtures prepared at different densities to investigate the effects of aggregate content, confining stress, void ratio and clay plasticity on the maximum shear modulus and minimum damping ratio. test results revealed an increase in the...

Consideration of sludge rheology is very important for a proper solids transport and to obtain the necessary settler capacity. Although a true yield stress does not exist, large apparent viscosities at low shear rates inhibit an efficient sludge transport. Research indicates that the dimensionless ratio of gravity to viscous forces is an important operational parameter towards settler capacity....

We have developed the new hybrid structure of CLT infill and steel frame for middle-rise high-rise buildings. This structural system can achieve high potential panel by holding around with frame. Steel support sustained load a building without panels build long-span beams reasonably. Compression stress seismic be transmitted to upper bottom through strength mortal layer, secure shear as boundar...

8 [1] Salt marshes are often dissected by a network of 9 channels formed by tidal oscillations and related water 10 fluxes. In this note we present a stochastic model able to 11 simulate the formation and evolution of tidal networks in 12 salt marshes. The model is based on a simplification of the 13 shallow water equations that enables the determination of 14 the water surface gradients on the...

Granular materials in a split-bottom ring shear cell geometry show wide shear bands under slow, quasi-static deformation. From discrete element simulations (DEM), several continuum fields like the deformation gradient and stress are computed and evaluated with the goal to formulate objective constitutive relations for the flow behavior. From a single simulation only, by applying timeand (local)...

Granular materials are predominantly plastic, incrementally nonlinear, preparation-dependent, and anisotropic under shear. Nevertheless, their static stress distribution is well accounted for, in the whole range up to the point of failure, by a judiciously tailored isotropic nonanalytic elasticity theory termed granular elasticity. The first purpose of this paper is to carefully expound this vi...

MATTHEW D. JAMES: An Investigation of Turbulent Streaming by Direct Numerical and Large Eddy Simulation (Under the direction of Alberto Scotti) Above a solid bottom beneath non-linear shallow water waves, it is found that due to turbulence asymmetry between subsequent wave half-cycles, a net drift is generated in the direction opposite of surface wave propagation. This phenomenon is investigate...

A so-called “split-bottom ring shear cell” leads to wide shear bands under slow, quasi-static deformation. From discrete element simulations (DEM), several continuum fields like the density, velocity, deformation gradient and stress are computed and evaluated with the goal to formulate objective constitutive relations for the powder flow behavior. From a single simulation, by applying timeand (...