Incipient Motion Criteria for a Rigid Sediment Grain on a Rigid Surface
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 127, Issue 5
Abstract
Criteria for the incipient motion of a rigid body initially resting on a rigid surface are formulated from first principles in this work. A modified Coulomb friction model and an associated distribution of reaction forces are proposed. There exists a surprisingly large category of general motions, however, that subscribe to a more conventional analysis, an analysis made possible by identifying so-called “significant reaction surfaces.” In this way a model that caters for the majority of combined translations and rotations is devised. Some introductory results demonstrate the accuracy with which fluids can be numerically modeled for the purposes of entrainment. This work is an extension of previous work by the same writer.
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Received: Feb 22, 2000
Published online: May 1, 2001
Published in print: May 2001
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