Measuring the movement of soil particle under vertical load

[Aske Mikkelsen]

I dont know if this topic is placed in the rigth category, but if not please redirect it

 

I am student in geotechinal engineering at Aarhus University and I am doing an experiment where I apply vertical load to a slope in granular soil.

The experiment is made in a 1.6m x 1.6m concrete box and I am interested in measuring the movement of the soil particles during excecution of the experiment.

I was thinking about tagging some of the particles and then tracking them with some kind of tracking device (radio active e.g), but I have no idea if that is possible.

A more simple way is much appreciated too, such as painting some of the particles and measure the placement of the particles before and after, but I dont know if that is too much work for too imprecise results.

 

Regards,

Aske Mikkelsen

 

[studiot]

 

I am student in geotechinal engineering at Aarhus University and I am doing an experiment where I apply vertical load to a slope in granular soil

 

That sound clever even for cohesive soil.

 

So I assume you have more details about confinement, Coulomb pressures etc?

 

Can you offer a sketch?

[imatfaal]

Luminescent particles uniformly distributed at T_0 and then tracked (via glass sidewalls?) during movement

[Sensei]

This must be real world experiment or can be 3D simulation.. ?

 

Plenty of 3D applications have physical particle simulation systems built-in.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Drl97e8vP4

 

 

There are calculated collisions between particles each other, and normal objects in scene (collision objects, the one that you specify).

Edited September 9, 2015 by Sensei