Crushable granular flows

Summary

In both earthquakes and landslides, grains are often crushed during flow. This changes the flowing behaviour, and causes the flow to accelerate. This project will develop an experimental technique to investigate this phenomenon.

Supervisor

Dr Benjy Marks.

Research location

Civil Engineering

Program type

PHD

Synopsis

Many natural phenomena, such as earthquake faulting, landslides, avalanches and glaciers, involve significant crushing of the grains which facilitate movement. Novel experiments will be conducted to investigate the behaviour of crushable granular materials as they are subjected to shear. The coupled behaviour of crushing and segregation will be studied, and models will be developed to both replicate and understand the behaviour.

Additional information

Use of research technique / methodology / technology
Potential topics of interest for the research opportunity
Current PHD and/or Masters topics
Eligibility criteria / candidate profile
Scholarship(s) / funding available

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Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 2057