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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2011.27.6.049

Rheological Models for Describing Fine-laden Debris Flows: Grain-size Effect  

Jeong, Sueng-Won (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.27, no.6, 2011 , pp. 49-61 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents the applicability of rheological models for describing fine-laden debris flows and analyzes the flow characteristics as a function of grain size. Two types of soil samples were used: (1) clayey soils - Mediterranean Sea clays and (2) silty soils - iron ore tailings from Newfoundland, Canada. Clayey soil samples show a typical shear thinning behavior but silty soil samples exhibit the transition from shear thinning to the Bingham fluid as shear rate is increased. It may be due to the fact that the determination of yield stress and plastic viscosity is strongly dependent upon interstructrual interaction and strength evolution between soil particles. So grain size effect produces different flow curves. For modeling debris flows that are mainly composed of fine-grained sediments (<0.075 mm), we need the yield stress and plastic viscosity to mimic the flow patterns like shape of deposition, thickness, length of debris flow, and so on. These values correlate with the liquidity index. Thus one can estimate the debris flow mobility if one can measure the physical properties.
Keywords
Debris flow mobility; Fine-grained sediment; Flow characteristics; Rheological model; Yield stress;
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