Hydro-mechanical simulations aid demand-oriented design of slit dams for controlling debris flows, debris avalanches and rock avalanches

Y Kong, M Guan - Engineering Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Slit dams are widely used for managing multiphase geophysical flows with diverse
objectives. However, quantitatively linking dam configurations and flow properties to design …

CFD-DEM modeling of seepage in foam-conditioned soil

R Zeng, S Wang, Y Zhang, T Qu - Computers and Geotechnics, 2025 - Elsevier
Soil conditioning with foam agents can reduce the permeability of virgin soils and mitigate
the risk of uncontrollable mud gushing during the excavation of Earth Pressure Balanced …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical framework for coupling SPH with image-based DEM for irregular particles

MA Hosseini, P Tahmasebi - Computers and Geotechnics, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding fluid-particle interactions is crucial due to their occurrence in both natural
phenomena and engineering applications, but accurately capturing these interactions …

A novel semi-resolved CFD-DEM coupling method based on point cloud algorithm for complex fluid-particle systems

Z Su, C Xu, K Jia, C Cui, X Du - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2025 - Elsevier
Accurate modeling of fluid-particle interactions in geotechnical systems, particularly those
involving irregular particles, presents significant challenges in computational mechanics …

The influence of the slit size and spacing on the impact dynamics of dry granular flows on slit dams

N Li, GGD Zhou, KFE Cui, Y Kong, Y Huang - Géotechnique, 2024 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Slit dams play a crucial role in mitigating natural granular flows in the form of geophysical
mass movements. The accurate estimation of the maximum force experienced by slit dams is …

Enhanced damage modelling of steel wire ring nets subjected to repeated rockfall impacts

L Guo, Z Yu, S He, Y Jin, J Jian - Computers and Geotechnics, 2024 - Elsevier
Rockfall hazards present significant challenges in modelling the damage behaviour of
flexible barrier systems, particularly under repeated impact conditions. In this study, we …

CFD-DEM numerical investigation of the effects of water content and inclination angle on interactions between debris flows and slit dam

Y Bi, Y Huang, B Zhang, J Pu - Computers and Geotechnics, 2024 - Elsevier
Debris flows, composed of sediment–water mixtures, can pose significant risks to
downstream populations and infrastructure in mountainous regions. Slit dams have been …

A DEM-based Euler–Lagrange model for motion of particle–fluid two-phase mixtures

W Li, H Shi, X Yu - Acta Geotechnica, 2024 - Springer
The effects of interstitial fluid on the behaviors of two approaching particles play an important
role in the rheology of granular–fluid mixtures. In this paper, an Euler–Lagrange model is …

Landslide-induced impacts on downstream vessels based on an accurate and robust smoothed particle hydrodynamics framework

H Yuan, C Xia, X Zhou, Q Sun, R Hu, W Diao… - Physics of Fluids, 2025 - pubs.aip.org
Landslide-induced tsunami waves pose significant risks to vessels navigating or anchored
in affected water bodies. To address this issue, a validated smoothed particle …

Investigating projectile penetration into immersed granular beds via CFD-DEM coupling

J Lin, T Zhao, M Jiang - Granular Matter, 2023 - Springer
Projectile penetration into an immersed granular bed is a common phenomenon in both
geophysics and engineering, encompassing various scenarios such as immersed crater …