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Table 3 Rheological parameter values for the numerical analyses carried out with multiple combinations of values along the run-out path

From: The failure of the Stava Valley tailings dams (Northern Italy): numerical analysis of the flow dynamics and rheological properties

  

Turbulent (T)

Voellmy (V)

Frictional (F)

Bingham (B)

Sectional reach

Takahashi (1991)

T-t1

T-t4

V-t5

 

V-t6

 

V-t7

 

F-t4

B-t4

B-t5

 

n [-]

n [-]

n [-]

μ [-]

ξ[m/s2]

μ[-]

ξ[m/s2]

μ [-]

ξ[m/s2]

δ [°]

Ï„y [kPa]

μB [kPa⋅s]

Ï„y [kPa]

μB [kPa⋅s]

Triggering-2

-

0.04

0.04

0.05

2000

0.05

2000

0.03

2000

10

2

0.1

2

0.1

2-3

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.05

2000

0.05

2000

0.03

2000

7

1

0.1

1

0.05

3-5

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.05

2000

0.05

2000

0.03

2000

7

1

0.1

1

0.05

6′-7

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.05

2000

0.05

2000

0.03

2000

7

1

0.1

1

0.05

7′-8

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.05

2000

0.05

2000

0.03

2000

7

1

0.1

1

0.05

8-9

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.05

2000

0.05

2000

0.03

2000

7

1

0.1

1

0.05

9-9″

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.05

2000

0.05

2000

0.03

2000

7

1

0.1

1

0.05

9″-10

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.05

2000

0.05

2000

0.03

2000

7

1

0.1

1

0.05

10-10′

0.08

0.08

0.12

0.05

300

0.05

100

0.03

100

10

1

0.1

1

0.1

10′-12

0.13

0.13

0.12

0.05

300

0.05

100

0.03

100

10

1

0.1

1

0.1

12′-13

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.05

300

0.05

100

0.03

100

10

1

0.1

1

0.1

13-Deposition

-

0.12

0.12

0.05

300

0.05

100

0.03

100

10

1

0.1

1

0.1

  1. T turbulent rheology, V voellmy rheology, f frictional, B bingham, -t indication of the test number