The assessment of the time evolution of the impact force exerted by dry flowing masses on rigid obstacles is mandatory for the dynamic design of sheltering structures and the evaluation of the vulnerability of existing structures. In this paper, the results of an extensive numerical campaign performed by employing a discrete element method (DEM) code are presented and the role of different geometrical factors (flow length, height and front inclination) and state parameters (porosity and velocity) on the impact force–time evolution is investigated. The impact process is studied to correlate local information with the macroscopic response and a physically based force–time function, generalising the formula already introduced by the authors for the assessment of maximum impact force, in which each parameter is correlated with the previously mentioned factors, is proposed.

Dry granular masses impacting on rigid obstacles: numerical analysis and theoretical modelling

Redaelli I.;di Prisco C.;Calvetti F.
2021-01-01

Abstract

The assessment of the time evolution of the impact force exerted by dry flowing masses on rigid obstacles is mandatory for the dynamic design of sheltering structures and the evaluation of the vulnerability of existing structures. In this paper, the results of an extensive numerical campaign performed by employing a discrete element method (DEM) code are presented and the role of different geometrical factors (flow length, height and front inclination) and state parameters (porosity and velocity) on the impact force–time evolution is investigated. The impact process is studied to correlate local information with the macroscopic response and a physically based force–time function, generalising the formula already introduced by the authors for the assessment of maximum impact force, in which each parameter is correlated with the previously mentioned factors, is proposed.
2021
DEM
Dry granular materials
Dynamic design
Froude number
Sheltering structure
Time evolution
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