Dynamic and instability of submarine avalanches

Details Dynamic and instability of submarine avalanches Dynamic and instability of submarine avalanches

2005-04-21

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504548v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 6 figures, to appear in the proceedings of Powders and Grains 2005

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We perform a laboratory-scale experiment of submarine avalanches on a rough inclined plane. A sediment layer is prepared and thereafter tilted up to an angle lower than the spontaneous avalanche angle. The sediment is scrapped until an avalanche is triggered. Based on the stability diagram of the sediment layer, we investigate different structures for the avalanche front dynamics. First we see a straight front descending the slope, and then a transverse instability occurs. Eventually, a fingering instability shows up similar to rivulets appearing for a viscous fluid flowing down an incline. The mechanisms leading to this new instability and the wavelength selection are discussed.

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