Experimental analysis and micromechanical modelling of dry Granular flow and impacts in laboratory flume tests

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-177

  Valentino, R ^a   Barla, G ^b   Montrasio, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

DEM; Experimental tests; Granular flow; Impact; Micromechanics

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; SAND; SOILS;

DRY GRANULAR FLOW; FLUME TESTS; GRANULAR FLOW;

MICROMECHANICS;

CALIBRATION; DEBRIS FLOW; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISPLACEMENT; FLUME EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROMECHANICS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PREDICTION; ROCK AVALANCHE; SLOPE; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 39749170299     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-006-0126-3     Document Type: Article

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