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Lutz Torbahn
Name: | Lutz Torbahn | |
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Department: | modelling of sedimentation processes | |
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Phone: | +49 421 218 - 65866 | |
Fax: | +49 421 218 - 65872 | |
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Topic of research
Nowadays the behaviour of submarine continental slopes is unsatisfactory investigate. Important questions which are necessary to answer deals with zones of stability inside slopes. Why do zones of weakness exist and where and when do they occur? What influence the shear plane of the submarine land slide significantly? What other factors play an important role?
To answer these questions we use a numerical method which is called Discrete Element Method (DEM). The DEM is established for such scientific problems. With the help of this numerical method we can determine and analyse material properties of sediment units in microscale.
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