All Outputs (3)

Fines-controlled drainage in just-saturated, inertial column collapses (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webb, W., Heron, C., & Turnbull, B. Fines-controlled drainage in just-saturated, inertial column collapses. Presented at 8th International Conference on Debris Flow Hazard Mitigation, Turin, Italy

The wide particle size distributions, over several orders of magnitude, observed in debris flows leads to a diverse range of rheological behaviours controlling flow outcomes. This study explores the influence of different scale grains by conducting s... Read More about Fines-controlled drainage in just-saturated, inertial column collapses.

The role of abrasion in cyclically sheared soil-structure interfaces (2023)
Journal Article
Pettey, A., & Heron, C. M. (2023). The role of abrasion in cyclically sheared soil-structure interfaces. Géotechnique, 64(13), 1577-1589. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.22.00326

A limiting factor in the drive to deliver performance-based design is the lack of knowledge regarding the constitutive behaviour of soil-structure interfaces, particularly in the case of cyclic loading. A series of experiments were undertaken using b... Read More about The role of abrasion in cyclically sheared soil-structure interfaces.

Inertial effects in just-saturated axisymmetric column collapses (2023)
Journal Article
Webb, W., Heron, C., & Turnbull, B. (2023). Inertial effects in just-saturated axisymmetric column collapses. Granular Matter, 25(2), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-023-01326-x

This work introduces a scaling analysis of sub-aerial axisymmetric column collapses of glass beads and Newtonian glycerol-water solutions mimicking some of the behaviours of debris flows. The beads were in a size range where their inertia partly deco... Read More about Inertial effects in just-saturated axisymmetric column collapses.