Abstract
A modified shallow-water model is presented for the collapse of tall columns of grains. The flow is divided in two parts. Depth-averaged shallow-water equations are applied to a thin horizontally spreading layer which is subjected to Coulombic friction. The falling mass of grains is gradually added to the zone of the initial column during the free-fall time of the column. This ‘rain’ is assumed to have no horizontal momentum. The results obtained here are in agreement with both planar and axisymmetric experiments over a range of aspect ratio (axisymmetric). The flow dynamics compares well with discrete simulations which have been successfully compared with experiments.
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