Abstract

Phenomenally, the loose soil behaves like a ‘frictional material’ in most circumstance, so Mohr-coulomb type models are adopted in the modeling. However, these models generally do not consider the shear-rate dependent effect of the Mohr-Coulomb friction angle. This paper reports on an application of the incompressible Smooth Particle Hydrodynamic method to the dynamics of the dry granular assemblies. The traditional model with a constant friction angle is compared with the modified Mohr-Coulomb model with a shear-rate dependent friction angle, by comparing their predicted runout of dry granular columns.

Keywords:
evolution, friction coefficient, effective friction coefficient, free surface particle, particle, tall column, shear rate, granular material, friction angle, reservoir surveillance
Subjects:
Well & Reservoir Surveillance and Monitoring, Downhole and wellsite flow metering
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2014. International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers
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