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Steady Motion of a Finite Granular Mass in a Rotating Drum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2011

Y.C. Tai ,
K. Hutter  and
J. M. N. T. Gray
Y.C. Tai*
Affiliation:
Rheinland Taiwan Ltd., 10F, No. 219, Min-Chuan Road, Taichung, Taiwan 403, R.O.C.
K. Hutter*
Affiliation:
Institute of Mechanics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Hochschulstr. 1, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
J. M. N. T. Gray*
Affiliation:
Institute of Mechanics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Hochschulstr. 1, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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*Engineer
**Professor
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Abstract

The Savage-Hutter (SH) theory (1989) of dense granular avalanche flow uses an earth pressure coefficient Kx which depends on the internal angle of friction and the bed friction angle but assumes different values in diverging and converging flows. So the earth pressure coefficient is undefined when the strain rate ∂u/∂x changes sign. Steady plane flow of a finite mass of a cohesionless granular material in a permanently rotating drum admits an exact solution of the SH-equations at ∂u/∂x = 0 provided the value for Kx is prescribed. However, avalanche profiles depend on the values of Kx. Experiments on avalanche shapes in steady rotating drums offer therefore a possibility to identify the value of Kx at zero strain rate.

Keywords

SH-modelGranular materialEarth pressure coefficientRotating drum
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 67 - 72
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2000

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