We review flows of dense cohesionless granular materials, with a special focus on the
question of constitutive equations. We first discuss the existence of a dense flow regime …

Sand, rice, sugar, snow, cement... Although ubiquitous in our daily lives, granular media still
challenge engineers and fascinate researchers. This book provides the state-of-the-art of the …

This practical guide provides the best introduction to large deformation material point
method (MPM) simulations for geotechnical engineering. It provides the basic theory …

There is a large amount of experimental and numerical work dealing with dry granular flows
(such as sand, glass beads, etc.) that supports the so-called-rheology. The reliability of the …

We study the scheme of formal arcs on a singular algebraic variety and its images under
truncations. We prove a rationality result for the Poincare series of these images which is an …

The transient surface flow occurring when a cylindrical pile of dry granular material is
suddenly allowed to spread on a horizontal plane is investigated experimentally as a …

An experimental investigation is conducted into the collapse of granular columns inside
rectangular channels. The final shape is documented for slumps inside relatively wide …

The collapse of a granular column in a viscous liquid is experimentally investigated. The
morphology of the deposits is shown to be mainly controlled by the initial volume fraction of …

Cliff collapse is an active geomorphological process acting at the surface of the Earth and
telluric planets. Recent laboratory studies have investigated the collapse of an initially …

The granular column collapse is a well-established experiment which consists of having a
vertical column of granular material on a flat surface and letting it collapse by gravity …