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Friction law for dense granular flows: application to the motion of a mass down a rough inclined plane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2002

OLIVIER POULIQUEN  and
YOËL FORTERRE
OLIVIER POULIQUEN
Affiliation:
IUSTI, Université de Provence, CNRS UMR 6595, 5 rue Enrico Fermi, 13453 Marseille cedex 13, France
YOËL FORTERRE
Affiliation:
IUSTI, Université de Provence, CNRS UMR 6595, 5 rue Enrico Fermi, 13453 Marseille cedex 13, France
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Abstract

The problem of the spreading of a granular mass released at the top of a rough inclined plane was investigated. The evolution of the avalanche was measured experimentally from the initiation up to the deposit using a Moiré image-processing technique. The results are quantitatively compared with the prediction of an hydrodynamic model based on depth-averaged equations. In the model, the interaction between the flowing layer and the rough bottom is described by a non-trivial friction force whose expression is derived from measurements on steady uniform flows. We show that the spreading of the mass is quantitatively predicted by the model when the mass is released on a plane free of particles. When an avalanche is triggered on an initially static layer, the model fails in quantitatively predicting the propagation but qualitatively captures the evolution.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 453 , 25 February 2002 , pp. 133 - 151
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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