Theoretical impulse threshold for particle dislodgement

DOI10.1017/JFM.2018.996zbMATH Open1415.76689arXiv1901.10210OpenAlexW2913103392MaRDI QIDQ4625906FDOQ4625906

Authors: Sergio Maldonado, Gustavo A. M. de Almeida 

Publication date: 26 February 2019

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The problem of determining the threshold of motion of a sediment particle resting on the bed of an open channel has historically been dominated by an approach based on the time-space-averaged bed shear stress (i.e. Shields criterion). Recently, experimental studies have promoted an alternative approach to predict the dislodgement threshold, which is based on the impulse of the flow-induced force. Nonetheless, theoretical analyses accompanying these studies result in complex expressions that fail to provide a direct estimate of said impulse threshold. We employ the work-energy principle to derive a prediction of the fundamental impulse threshold that the destabilising hydrodynamic force must overcome in order to achieve full particle dislodgement. For the bed configuration studied, which is composed of spheres, the proposed expression depends on the mobile particle's size and mass, and shows excellent agreement with experimental observations previously published. The derivation presented in this paper may thus represent a robust theoretical framework that aids in the re-interpretation of existing data, as well as in the design of future experiments aimed at analysing the importance of hydrodynamic impulse as criterion for prediction of particle dislodgement.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.10210

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zbMATH Keywords

sediment transportriver dynamicsparticle/fluid flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Suspensions (76T20) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

Cites Work

• Impulse and particle dislodgement under turbulent flow conditions
• Critical shear rate and torque stability condition for a particle resting on a surface in a fluid flow

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