| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 75, Number 5, September 2006
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 825 - 831 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10174-9 | |
| Published online | 28 July 2006 | |
Erosion waves: Transverse instabilities and fingering
Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, UMR CNRS 7636 Univ. P6&P7 - 10, rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
Corresponding author: erc@ccr.jussieu.fr
Received:
6
March
2006
Accepted:
13
July
2006
Two laboratory scale experiments of dry and underwater avalanches of non-cohesive granular materials are investigated. We trigger solitary waves and study the conditions under which the front is transversally stable. We show the existence of a linear instability followed by a coarsening dynamics and finally the onset of a fingering pattern. Due to the different operating conditions, both experiments strongly differ by the spatial and time scales involved. Nevertheless, the quantitative agreement between the stability diagram, the wavelengths selected and the avalanche morphology suggest a common scenario for an erosion/deposition process.
PACS: 83.50.Lh – Slip boundary effects (interfacial and free surface flows) / 92.40.Gc – Erosion and sedimentation; sediment transport / 83.80.Fg – Granular solids
© EDP Sciences, 2006
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