| Grant number: | 12/19562-6 |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |
| Start date: | March 01, 2013 |
| End date: | February 28, 2017 |
| Field of knowledge: | Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Transport Phenomena |
| Principal Investigator: | Erick de Moraes Franklin |
| Grantee: | Erick de Moraes Franklin |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica (FEM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil |
| Associated research grant(s): | 18/14981-7 - Modeling of dense granular flows: experiments, numerical simulations and stability analyses, AP.JP2 |
| Associated scholarship(s): | 16/05511-1 - Granular shear bed non-linear evolution: experimental determination,
BP.IC 15/15001-8 - Turbulent boundary layer perturbed by a hill, BP.MS 14/02869-7 - Experimental determination of wrinkles formation on a granular bed, BP.IC |
Abstract
The transport of granular matter by a fluid flow is frequently found in nature and in industry. It is present, for example, in the erosion of river banks, in the displacement of desert dunes and in hydrocarbon pipelines conveying sand. When the shear stresses exerted by the fluid flow on a granular bed are bounded to some limits, some grains are entrained, but without fluidizing the bed. A mobile granular layer known as bed-load takes place in which the grains stay in contact with the fixed part of the granular bed. Under these conditions, an initially flat granular bed may be unstable, generating ripples and dunes. In the case of rivers, these forms create a supplementary friction between the bed and the water, affecting the water depth and being related to flood and navigation problems. In industry, examples are mostly related to closed-conduit flows conveying grains, such as hydrocarbon pipelines conveying sand. In such cases, bed-forms generate supplementary pressure loss, but also pressure and flow rate transients. Although of importance for many scientific domains, the bed-load and the instabilities of a granular bed are not well understood. This project proposes a theoretical and experimental study concerning the bed-load and the formation of ripples and dunes, contributing to a better knowledge of the subject. The theoretical part will consist of Perturbation Methods, Dimensional Analyses and Stability Analyses for the fluid flow, the bed-load and the bed deformation, respectively. The experimental part will consist of experiments in transparent ducts, where bed-load will occur. The bed-load flow rate, the formation and the migration of ripples and dunes and the fluid flow will be measured by optical techniques. (AU)
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