scholarly journals New Method for Estimating Roughness Coefficient for Debris Flows

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2341
Author(s):  
Xinghua Zhu ◽  
Bangxiao Liu ◽  
Yue Liu

Flow resistance is a fundamental control of flow hydraulics in streams and rivers. In this paper, five dimensionless factors affecting the Manning roughness coefficient n and attributed to the external roughness coefficient n1 and the internal roughness coefficient n2 were analyzed comprehensively. And then, dimensionless factors affecting n1 and n2 with precise physical meanings were proposed. With a calculation method for roughness coefficient fitted and analyzed based on observation data from published research papers, the analysis results showed that the external resistance coefficient is closely related to the dimensionless factor D84/R. The correlation between the dimensionless factor (D16/D50) and the internal roughness coefficient n2 was not significant. While the factors H/D50, J, and Sv showed significant correlation. In addition, the expression of external roughness n1 is calibrated based on the observation data of 102 cross-sections listed in previous works, while the internal roughness n2 is calibrated by 20 experimental model tests. Finally, an equation describing the Manning’s roughness coefficient is presented and verified based on 24 groups of observation data from Dongchuan Debris Flow Observation Station (DDFORS) in China. This study is contributing toward a comprehensive model for the Manning coefficient, which provide a scientific reference for the research on disaster prevention and mitigation of debris flow.

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 1657
Author(s):  
Jingzhou Zhang ◽  
Shengtang Zhang ◽  
Si Chen ◽  
Ming Liu ◽  
Xuefeng Xu ◽  
...  

To explore the characteristics of overland flow resistance under the condition of sparse vegetative stem coverage and improve the basic theoretical research of overland flow, the resistance characteristics of overland flow were systematically investigated under four slope gradients (S), seven flow discharges (Q), and six degrees of vegetation coverage (Cr). The results show that the Manning roughness coefficient (n) changes with the ratio of water depth to vegetation height (h/hv) while the Reynolds number (Re), Froude number (Fr), and slope (S) are closely related to vegetation coverage. Meanwhile, h/hv, Re, and Cr have strong positive correlations with n, while Fr and S have strong negative correlations with n. Through data regression analysis, a power function relationship between n and hydraulic parameters was observed and sensitivity analysis was performed. It was concluded that the relationship between n and h/hv, Re, Cr, Q, and S shows the same law; in particular, for sparse stem vegetation coverage, Cr is the dominant factor affecting overland flow resistance under zero slope condition, while Cr is no longer the first dominant factor affecting overland flow resistance under non-zero slope condition. In the relationship between n and Fr, Cr has the least effect on overland flow resistance. This indicates that when Manning roughness coefficient is correlated with different hydraulic parameters, the same vegetation coverage has different effects on overland flow resistance. Therefore, it is necessary to study overland flow resistance under the condition of sparse stalk vegetation coverage.


2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 651-659
Author(s):  
Yashan CHENG ◽  
Zhonggen WANG ◽  
Jun LI ◽  
Zhen HUANG ◽  
Xiangyu YE ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (15) ◽  
pp. 5153-5167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajjad M. Vatanchi ◽  
Mahmoud F. Maghrebi

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-84
Author(s):  
Hikaru Tomita ◽  
Alessandra Mayumi Nakata ◽  
Kazuo Konagai ◽  
Takashi Matsushima ◽  
Masataka Shiga ◽  
...  

The Gorkha earthquake of April 25, 2015 has caused many landslides along the Trishuli River in the Rasuwa District. A numerical approach has been taken to assess the remaining risk of landslides. The debris mass movements are described in simulations with only three parameters, namely, the critical angle if, Gauckler–Manning roughness coefficient n, and angle of repose id. The optimum set of these three parameters, obtained through a batch of numerical simulations to minimize the prediction error, was then used to identify locations of unstable colluvium deposits remaining along gullies on steep valley walls of the Trishuli River.  


Water Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-131
Author(s):  
Mohamed Salah Abd Elmoaty ◽  
El-Samman T. A.

1996 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 255-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Fowler ◽  
F. S. L. Ng

The classical theory of jökulhlaups used Röthlisberger’s earlier theory of ice-channel drainage to describe the development of the flood hydrograph. This theory has some drawbacks: the mechanism of initiation (breaking the seal) is opaque, the Manning roughness coefficient is too large and the hydrographs can reveal a sudden switching from channel opening to channel closure which is not simulated by the model. In this paper, we examine these features by exploring a more detailed model, which takes into account the physics of sediment erosion and its effect on channel morphology. We propose a theory in which channels need not be semicircular, but have shapes determined by alocalbalance between closure and melting, and in which erosion of the tunnel margins is taken into account; in particular, we derive theoretical predictions for sediment discharge, and we also propose a mechanism whereby the pressure seal over the caldera rim at Grímsvötn in Vatnajökull, Iceland, can be broken when the lake-level water pressure is still some 6 bar below the maximum overburden ice pressure.


2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 549-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. De Doncker ◽  
P. Troch ◽  
R. Verhoeven ◽  
K. Bal ◽  
P. Meire ◽  
...  

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