Description:
These experiments report of basal normal stress and fluid pressure, as well as vertical velcity profiles of different sediment-water mixtures in a rotating drum. The experiments were conducted in the vertically rotating drum at Richmond field station of UC Berkeley.
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Attribution:
Kaitna, R., Dietrich, W.E., Hsu, L. (2014): Surface slopes, velocity profiles and fluid pressure in coarse-grained debris flows saturated with water and mud. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 741, pp. 277-403 (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.675). Kaitna, R.; Palucis, M.; Yohannes, B.; Hill, K. & Dietrich, W.E. (2016): Effects of Coarse Grain Size Distribution and Fine Particle Content on Pore Fluid Pressure and Shear Behavior in Experimental Debris Flows. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface (doi: 10.1002/2015JF003725)
Lab Facilities:
Richmond Field Station at The University of California, Berkeley