US Geological Survey
Date of this Version
1992
Abstract
In debris flow analysis, the generalized viscop1astic fluid (GVF) model can be used as the constitutive equations. When the yield stress is negligible, the shear expression in the GVF model for simple shear flow reduces to r = µ1 (du/dz)n, where r is the shear stress, µ1 is the consistency index, du/dz is the shear rate, and n is the flow behavior index. In this paper the r versus du/dz relation is studied by running experiments with 14 mm dry glass spheres in a conveyor-belt flume. A comparison of the estimated r with the measured du/dz across the flow depth indicates that µ1 is a strong function of the concentration that changes across the flow depth and thus, must be included in the analysis of the r versus du/dz relation. An analysis of experimental results indicates that a relation between r/µ1 and du/dz is more meaningful; therefore, concentration data across the flow depth is needed. In this paper a viable method based on a Van Der Waals type equation of state is developed from experimental results, thereby assessing the applicability of r/µ1 versus du/dz relation in debris flow analysis.
Comments
Published in Hydraulic Engineering: Saving a Threatened Resource—In Search of Solutions: Proceedings of the Hydraulic Engineering sessions at Water Forum ’92. Baltimore, Maryland, August 2–6, 1992. Published by American Society of Civil Engineers.