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Stresses at the base of dry and dense flows of angular rock fragments in 3-D discrete element modeling: Scaling of basal stress fluctuations versus grain size, flow volume and channel width
Language
English
Obiettivo Specifico
5V. Processi eruttivi e post-eruttivi
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Published
JCR Journal
JCR Journal
Peer review journal
Yes
Title of the book
Issue/vol(year)
/349 (2018)
Pages (printed)
230-239
Issued date
2018
Abstract
We simulate granular flows of angular rock fragments by means of a three-dimensional discrete element modeling to study the basal stresses that these flows exert on the subsurface. These granular flows have different grain sizes and different flow volumes and they model dry rock avalanches and dense pyroclastic flows. These flows travel on four different concave–upward chutes that represent channels on a mountainside or on the flank of a volcano. Each chute has a different width. The stress data demonstrate the validity of a linear relation between two scaling parameters: D and ψ. Parameter D is a scaled basal stress deviation that is equivalent to a scaled particle agitation. Particle agitation is ultimately responsible for the energy dissipation that governs the mobility of dense geophysical flows in nature. Parameter ψ contains grain size, flow volume and channel width. This second parameter is equal to the product of the reciprocal of characteristic numbers of fragments in granular flows. Since these numbers of particles are dimensionless, the linear relation is valid at any scale, either in the laboratory or in nature.
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