A Model for Trap Door Flow from a Deep Container

H. B. Muhlhaus*, L. N. Moresi

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Abstract

Computational simulations of trap door flow in cohesive frictional, materials are presented. We focus on flows where the extraction volume is generated by dilatancy. The dilatancy is caused by micro-cracking associated with the loss of cohesion at the onset of flow and/or the transition of the granulate into a more mobile, more loose packing order. The material behavior is modelled as a non-Newtonian fluid including rigid plastic behavior as a limit case. A rate dependent cohesion term considers the fluid like behavior if collisions dominate the intergranular momentum transfer. The simulations are based on an implicit particle-in-cell finite element code [1] developed by the second author. The implementation of the model equations is benchmarked against an analytical solution for gravity driven flow in an infinite chute.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDesiderata Geotechnica
EditorsWei Wu
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages113-118
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783030149864
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
EventChina-Europe Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, 2018 - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 13 Aug 201816 Aug 2018

Publication series

NameSpringer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering
ISSN (Print)1866-8755
ISSN (Electronic)1866-8763

Conference

ConferenceChina-Europe Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, 2018
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period13/08/1816/08/18

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