Natascha Heim
Areas of research
- Pluviation of sand, with focus on vacuum pluviation for the creation of large scale samples
- Numerical DEM-simulation
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- sand-pluviation test stand
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- vacuum-bell for conducting vaccum pluviation experiments
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![DEM-simulation of interactions of sand grains with equipment during pluviation process (MUSEN, coloured by velocity [m/s])](https://www.hsu-hh.de/geot/wp-content/uploads/sites/820/2024/09/Interaction-dissusorsieves-graded-sand-1-150x150.png)
- DEM-simulation of interactions of sand grains with equipment during pluviation process (MUSEN, coloured by velocity [m/s])
![DEM-simulation of interactions of sand grains with equipment during pluviation process (MUSEN, coloured by velocity [m/s])](https://www.hsu-hh.de/geot/wp-content/uploads/sites/820/2024/09/Interaction-dissusorsieves-graded-sand-1-1024x574.png)
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- dem simulation of an experimental investigtaion of the angle of repose, coloured by velocity
Publications
2025 Heim, N.; Henke, S.: Ermittlung geotechnischer Eigenschaften natürlicher Sande über die mittels dynamischer Bildanalyse bestimmten Korneigenschaften. Fachsektionstage Geotechnik – Interdisziplinäres Forum 2025: 07./08. Oktober 2025, Würzburg, Deutschland.
2024 Heim, N.; Henke, S.: Development of a sand-pluviation test stand to investigate pluviation considering air-resistance and (partial) vacuum-conditions, in: 5th European Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 04.10.2024, Delft, Niederlande.
2024 Heim, N; Henke, S.: Effect of particle-size-scaling on particle interactions in DEM-simulations of sand in the context of air pluviation, in: WCCM2024, 23.07.2024, Vancouver, Kanada. https://www.scipedia.com/public/Heim_Henke_2024a
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Letzte Änderung: 15. October 2025