Viewing fluid flow inside a granular medium

Nicoletta Sanvitale; Elisabeth T. Bowman; Jonathan A. Black

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-99423-9_9

Viewing fluid flow inside a granular medium

Nicoletta Sanvitale^*
, Elisabeth T. Bowman
, Jonathan A. Black

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper describes preliminary tests from a ‘transparent soil permeameter’ that has been developed to study the mechanisms that occur during internal erosion in filter materials for embankment dams. The laboratory-based experiments utilise an optical approach where glass particles are used in place of soil, and optically matched oil is used in place of water. The refractive index matching of the fluid and solid enables a two-dimensional “slice” or plane of particles and fluid to be viewed inside the permeameter, away from its walls via a laser sheet and captured by digital camera. The developed set up has already been tested and showed that optically matched glass and oil can behave similarly to soil and water materials as used in previous laboratory testing. In this study we present a flow characterization within a refractive index matched medium made of glass beads. To this end a small amount of fluid tracers is seeded inside the fluid and the velocity field inside the porous media is obtained using PIV measurements.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Internal erosion in earthdams, dikes and levees: proceedings of EWG‐IE 26th Annual Meeting 2018
Editors	Stéphane Bonelli, Cristina Jommi, Donatella Sterpi
Publisher	Springer Cham
Pages	91-97
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319994239
ISBN (Print)	9783319994222, 9783030076009
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99423-9_9
Publication status	Published - 01 Sept 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	26th Annual Meeting of the European Working Group on Internal Erosion - Milan, Italy Duration: 10 Sept 2018 → 13 Sept 2018 https://www.eko.polimi.it/index.php/EWGIE2018/2018

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume	17
ISSN (Print)	2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)	2366-2565

Conference

Conference	26th Annual Meeting of the European Working Group on Internal Erosion
Abbreviated title	EWG-IE
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milan
Period	10/09/2018 → 13/09/2018
Internet address	https://www.eko.polimi.it/index.php/EWGIE2018/2018

Keywords

Internal erosion
Laboratory tests
Pore velocity
Seepage

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering

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Sanvitale, N, Bowman, ET & Black, JA 2018, Viewing fluid flow inside a granular medium. in S Bonelli, C Jommi & D Sterpi (eds), Internal erosion in earthdams, dikes and levees: proceedings of EWG‐IE 26th Annual Meeting 2018. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 17, Springer Cham, pp. 91-97, 26th Annual Meeting of the European Working Group on Internal Erosion, Milan, Italy, 10/09/2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99423-9_9

Viewing fluid flow inside a granular medium. / Sanvitale, Nicoletta; Bowman, Elisabeth T.; Black, Jonathan A.
Internal erosion in earthdams, dikes and levees: proceedings of EWG‐IE 26th Annual Meeting 2018. ed. / Stéphane Bonelli; Cristina Jommi; Donatella Sterpi. Springer Cham, 2018. p. 91-97 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 17).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Viewing fluid flow inside a granular medium

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