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Application of the compressible $I$-dependent rheology to chute and shear flow instabilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2019

J. S. Fannon Open the ORCID record for J. S. Fannon [Opens in a new window] ,
I. R. Moyles  and
A. C. Fowler
J. S. Fannon*
Affiliation:
MACSI, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland
I. R. Moyles
Affiliation:
MACSI, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
A. C. Fowler
Affiliation:
MACSI, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland OCIAM, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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†Email address for correspondence: james.fannon@ul.ie
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Abstract

We consider the instability properties of dense granular flow in inclined plane and plane shear geometries as tests for the compressible inertial-dependent rheology. The model, which is a recent generalisation of the incompressible $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}(I)$ rheology, constitutes a hydrodynamical description of dense granular flow which allows for variability in the solids volume fraction. We perform a full linear stability analysis of the model and compare its predictions to existing experimental data for glass beads on an inclined plane and discrete element simulations of plane shear in the absence of gravity. In the case of the former, we demonstrate that the compressible model can quantitatively predict the instability properties observed experimentally, and, in particular, we find that it performs better than its incompressible counterpart. For the latter, the qualitative behaviour of the plane shear instability is also well captured by the compressible model.

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Granular media: Granular media Waves/Free-surface Flows: Surface gravity waves
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 864 , 10 April 2019 , pp. 1026 - 1057
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