Elastic–viscoplastic constitutive theory of dense granular flow and its three-dimensional numerical realization

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 123310
Author(s):  
Fuzhen Chen ◽  
Hong Yan
Keyword(s):  
Granular Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Numerical Realization ◽  
Constitutive Theory ◽  
Dense Granular Flow

scholarly journals Numerical Simulations for Large Deformation of Geomaterials Using Molecular Dynamics

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ziyang Zhao ◽  
Jun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Large Deformation ◽  
Granular Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Damping Force ◽  
Viscous Material ◽  
Runout Distance ◽  
Models Comparison ◽  
Dense Granular Flow ◽  
High Degree

From the microperspective, this paper presents a model based on a new type of noncontinuous theoretical mechanical method, molecular dynamics (MD), to simulate the typical soil granular flow. The Hertzian friction formula and viscous damping force are introduced in the MD governing equations to model the granular flow. To show the validity of the proposed approach, a benchmark problem of 2D viscous material flow is simulated. The calculated final flow runout distance of the viscous material agrees well with the result of constrained interpolated profile (CIP) method as reported in the literature. Numerical modeling of the propagation of the collapse of three-dimensional axisymmetric sand columns is performed by the application of MD models. Comparison of the MD computational runout distance and the obtained distance by experiment shows a high degree of similarity. This indicates that the proposed MD model can accurately represent the evolution of the granular flow. The model developed may thus find applications in various problems involving dense granular flow and large deformations, such as landslides and debris flow. It provides a means for predicting fluidization characteristics of soil large deformation flow disasters and for identification and design of appropriate protective measures.

A Convex Complementarity Approach for Simulating Large Granular Flows

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Tasora ◽  
Mihai Anitescu
Keyword(s):  
Granular Flow ◽  
Complementarity Problems ◽  
Particle Interaction ◽  
Granular Flows ◽  
Rigid Bodies ◽  
Integration Time ◽  
Frictional Contacts ◽  
Physical Experiments ◽  
Dense Granular Flow ◽  
Number Of Particles

Aiming at the simulation of dense granular flows, we propose and test a numerical method based on successive convex complementarity problems. This approach originates from a multibody description of the granular flow: all the particles are simulated as rigid bodies with arbitrary shapes and frictional contacts. Unlike the discrete element method (DEM), the proposed approach does not require small integration time steps typical of stiff particle interaction; this fact, together with the development of optimized algorithms that can run also on parallel computing architectures, allows an efficient application of the proposed methodology to granular flows with a large number of particles. We present an application to the analysis of the refueling flow in pebble-bed nuclear reactors. Extensive validation of our method against both DEM and physical experiments results indicates that essential collective characteristics of dense granular flow are accurately predicted.

Experimental and computational studies of dense granular flow: Transition from quasi-static to intermediate regime in a Couette shear device

2012 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Vidyapati ◽  
M. Kheiripour Langroudi ◽  
J. Sun ◽  
S. Sundaresan ◽  
G.I. Tardos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Granular Flow ◽  
Computational Studies ◽  
Flow Transition ◽  
Intermediate Regime ◽  
Dense Granular Flow

Regularization by compressibility of the μ(I) model of dense granular flow

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 073302 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Goddard ◽  
J. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Granular Flow ◽  
Dense Granular Flow
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