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Generalized Shields criterion for weakly cohesive granular materials

Florian Brunier-Coulin1, Pablo Cuéllar2, and Pierre Philippe3

  • 1Aix Marseille Univ, Centrale Marseille, IRPHE UMR 7342, 13384 Marseille, France
  • 2BAM, Division 7.2 Buildings and Structures, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany
  • 3Irstea, Aix Marseille Univ, RECOVER, 3275 Route Cézanne, 13182 Aix-en-Provence, France

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Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 034308 – Published 30 March, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.034308

Abstract

The erosion of natural sediments by a superficial fluid flow is a generic situation in many usual geological or industrial contexts. However, there is still a lack of fundamental knowledge about erosional processes, especially concerning the role of internal cohesion and adhesive stresses on issues such as the critical flow conditions for the erosion onset or the kinetics of soil mass loss. This contribution investigates the influence of cohesion on the surface erosion by an impinging jet flow based on laboratory tests with artificially bonded granular materials. The model samples are made of spherical glass beads bonded either by solid bridges made of resin or by liquid bridges made of a highly viscous oil. To quantify the intergranular cohesion, the capillary forces of the liquid bridges are here estimated by measuring their main geometrical parameters with image-processing techniques and using well-known analytical expressions. For the solid bonds, the adhesive strength of the materials is estimated by direct measurement of the yield tensile forces and stresses at the particle and sample scales, respectively, with specific traction tests developed for this purpose. The proper erosion tests are then carried out in an optically adapted device that permits a direct visualization of the scouring process at the jet apex by means of the refractive index matching technique. On this basis, the article examines qualitatively the kinetics of the scour crater excavation for both scenarios, namely, for an intergranular cohesion induced by either liquid or solid bonds. From a quantitative perspective, the critical condition for the erosion onset is discussed specifically for the case of the solid bond cohesion. In this respect, we propose here a generalized form of the Shields criterion based on a common definition of a cohesion number from yield tensile values, derived at both micro- and macroscales. The article finally shows that the proposed form manages to reconcile the experimental data for cohesive and cohesionless materials, the latter in the form of the so-called Shields curve along with some previous results of the authors which have been appropriately revisited.

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Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 034308– Published 30 March, 2020
  • Received 18 June 2019
  • Accepted 26 February 2020
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