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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2021.42.2.164

Experimental Study on the Shearing and Crushing Characteristics of Subaqueous Gravels in Gravel Bed River  

Kim, So-Ra (Petroleum & Marine Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Jeong, Sueng-Won (Geologic Hazard Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Lee, Gwang-Soo (Petroleum & Marine Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Yoo, Dong-Geun (Petroleum & Marine Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.42, no.2, 2021 , pp. 164-174 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study examines the shearing and crushing characteristics of land-derived subaqueous granular materials in a gravel-bed river. A series of large-sized ring shear tests were performed to examine the effect of shear time and shear velocity on the shear stress characteristics of aquarium gravels with a 6-mm mean grain size. Three different shear velocities (i.e., 0.01, 0.1, and 1 mm/sec) were applied to measure the shear stress under the drained (long-term shearing) and undrained (short-term shearing) conditions. Different initial shear velocities, i.e., 0.01→0.1→1 mm/sec and 0.1→0.01→1 mm/sec, were considered in this study. The test results show that the grain crushing effect is significant regardless of drainage conditions. The shear stress of coarse-grained materials is influenced by initial shear velocities, regardless of the drainage conditions. In particular, particle breakage increases as grain size increases. The shearing time and initial shear velocity are the primary influencing factors determining the shear stress of gravels. The granular materials may be broken easily into particles through frictional resistance, such as abrasion, interlocking and fracture due to the particle-particle interaction, resulting in the high mobility of granular materials in a subaqueous environment.
Keywords
gravel; ring shear test; shearing characteristics; shear velocity; particle breakage; mobility;
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