The behaviour of a granular material is mainly dependent on its frictional properties, angle of internal friction, and cohesion, which, together with material density, are the key factors to be considered during the scaling procedure of analogue models. The frictional properties of a granular material are usually investigated by means of technical instruments such as a Hubbert-type apparatus and ring shear testers, which allow for investigating the response of the tested material to a wide range of applied stresses. Here we explore the possibility to determine material properties by means of different empirical methods applied to mixtures of quartz and K-feldspar sand. Empirical methods exhibit the great advantage of measuring the properties of a certain analogue material under the experimental conditions, which are strongly sensitive to the handling techniques. Finally, the results obtained from the empirical methods have been compared with ring shear tests carried out on the same materials, which show a satisfactory agreement with those determined empirically.

The Use of Empirical Methods for Testing Granular Materials in Analogue Modelling / Montanari, Domenico; Agostini, Andrea; Bonini, Marco; Corti, Giacomo; Del Ventisette, Chiara. - In: MATERIALS. - ISSN 1996-1944. - STAMPA. - 10:(2017), pp. 635-652. [10.3390/ma10060635]

The Use of Empirical Methods for Testing Granular Materials in Analogue Modelling

Montanari, Domenico
;
Corti, Giacomo;Del Ventisette, Chiara
2017

Abstract

The behaviour of a granular material is mainly dependent on its frictional properties, angle of internal friction, and cohesion, which, together with material density, are the key factors to be considered during the scaling procedure of analogue models. The frictional properties of a granular material are usually investigated by means of technical instruments such as a Hubbert-type apparatus and ring shear testers, which allow for investigating the response of the tested material to a wide range of applied stresses. Here we explore the possibility to determine material properties by means of different empirical methods applied to mixtures of quartz and K-feldspar sand. Empirical methods exhibit the great advantage of measuring the properties of a certain analogue material under the experimental conditions, which are strongly sensitive to the handling techniques. Finally, the results obtained from the empirical methods have been compared with ring shear tests carried out on the same materials, which show a satisfactory agreement with those determined empirically.
2017
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635
652
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Montanari, Domenico; Agostini, Andrea; Bonini, Marco; Corti, Giacomo; Del Ventisette, Chiara
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