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Area of Science:

  • Physics
  • Geophysics
  • Material Science

Background:

  • Granular avalanches involve complex erosion and deposition dynamics.
  • Understanding the factors influencing these processes is crucial for predicting landscape evolution and material transport.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally characterize erosion and deposition on a tilted granular bed.
  • To investigate the existence and dependencies of the neutral angle in granular avalanches.
  • To compare experimental findings with existing erosion-deposition models.

Main Methods:

  • Experiments were conducted on a tilted granular bed subjected to granular avalanches of finite mass.
  • Measurements focused on characterizing erosion and deposition processes.
  • Data were compared with the modified Bouchaud, Cates, Ravi Prakash, and Edwards (BCRE) model.

Main Results:

  • The neutral angle, where erosion balances accretion, was found to depend on avalanche mass and shape, but not bed length.
  • This indicates that effective friction is a flow-dependent property.
  • Net erosion rate increased linearly with angular deviation from the neutral angle.

Conclusions:

  • The study suggests effective friction in granular flows is flow-dependent.
  • Experimental results align well with the modified BCRE erosion-deposition model.
  • Findings provide insights into granular avalanche mechanics and modeling.