..., provided that appropriate scaling laws are satisfied. This paper presents drum-centrifuge experiments on mud flows, focusing on the assessment of inertial scaling through the modelling of model approach. The theoretical framework is based on a reduced, depth-integrated form of the Navier–Stokes equations...

...Tetsuo Tobita; Susumu Iai; Loretta von der Tann; Yuji Yaoi To verify and find issues on the generalised scaling law for dynamic centrifuge tests, a series of centrifuge model tests are conducted under the scheme of the modelling of models technique. In a series of dynamic tests on a flat, saturated...

... to predict the future performance of such structures. Arguably this can be best carried out through small-scale well-controlled laboratory experimental investigation. In this paper, scaling laws are derived for the design of such model tests for studying the long-term performance. Non-dimensional groups...

..., and their comparison with the respective large-scale prototype tests conducted at the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention in Tsukuba, Japan. A critical analysis of the scaling laws currently used for this kind of centrifuge tests is included, focusing on the use of viscous fluid...

... at the laboratory scale with the help of a geotechnical centrifuge. The model is rotated under high g levels, thereby increasing the unit weight of the material. Prototype energy levels can be represented in a small scale model with consideration of appropriate scaling laws, and although free fall events...

... our understanding of these complex processes and provide validation and calibration for numerical analyses. The correct reproduction of the prototype behaviour requires the scale model to be constructed according to the appropriate scaling laws. Traditionally, the transport behaviour of soil particles...