Effect assessment of debris flow mitigation works based on numerical simulation by using Kanako 2D

Mitigation works are very essential for mitigation of debris-flow hazards in mountainous areas. Usually, it is difficult to assess the effectiveness of existing mitigation works in a catchment. This paper presented a method for quantitative assessment of debris flow mitigation measures by using Kanako system, a user-friendly GUI-equipped debris flow simulator that allows good visualization and easy interpretation. Kanako 2D (Ver. 2.04) was applied to a case study at Caijia Gully, Sichuan Province, China. Mitigation works including check dams, drainage channel, and deposition basin were constructed in the gully in 2001 and 2006. Kanako 2D can simulate debris flow from steep area to alluvial fan. 1D simulation was applied for assessing the effect of the check dams at the lower part of the gully, and 2D simulation was applied for the effect of the drainage channel and deposition basin on the alluvial fan. The simulation results indicate that debris flow will cause great damage to residential area on the alluvial fan if mitigation measures were not implemented in the gully. For old dams which have been filled up with deposits of previous debris flows, the results show that they still have the function for controlling debris flow due to the gradient reduction of the channel bed in front of the dams by the trapped debris flow deposition. After the comprehensive control of debris flow including trapping, drainage, and deposition in the gully, the simulation results indicate that the risk on the alluvial fan can be reduced to an acceptable level.     

汶川县新桥沟泥石流危险性预测及防治对策

受“5．12”地震影响．汶川境内中高山峡谷地区众多流域内诱发了岩体崩塌及浅表土层滑坡．松散固体物源大量增加,为泥石流的形成创造了条件,从而使地震灾区泥石流沟暴发频率已较震前有显著提高。通过对新桥沟泥石流的流域、水源和物源特征的分析,认为该泥石流沟地形起伏大、水源充沛、物源发育等条件,暴发泥石流的的可能性较大。通过现场的物源分布情况,为在投资预算范围内取得最大的拦砂经济效益比,分别在流域内中下游、中游、中上游及上游设置4拦挡坝,以及修建排导槽工程,为有效预防泥石流提供了保障。     

都江堰市龙池镇黄央沟泥石流特征与防治工程效果分析

黄央沟位于"5.12"汶川地震的极重灾区四川省都江堰市龙池镇,地震使沟内山体发生大规模的滑坡和崩塌,其为泥石流的形成提供了丰富的松散固体物质。地震后黄央沟泥石流十分活跃,2010年8月13日、8月18日和2013年7月9日均暴发了泥石流,造成了严重的经济损失。笔者通过对黄央沟泥石流灾害现场进行实地调查,详细分析了黄央沟泥石流的形成条件和发育特征,并对已有防治工程效果进行了分析和探讨。针对防治工程存在的问题和黄央沟泥石流的特点,建议在沟道下游和堆积区修建排导沟,使泥石流顺畅排入龙溪河;采取工程和生物措施来稳定沟道内的崩滑堆积体和不稳定斜坡,减少泥石流物源;沟口公路采用高架桥跨越方式通过泥石流堆积扇。该研究结果可为强震区泥石流灾害的防治提供参考。     

四川省都江堰市龙池地区泥石流危险性评价研究

汶川地震灾区震后泥石流灾害较震前活跃,对灾区泥石流危险性进行评价是灾后重建过程中合理防灾减灾的基础工作。通过研究泥石流灾害事件中的泥石流规模、泥石流沟堆积扇面积及相应的灾害损失等基础资料,提出以泥石流在泥石流沟堆积扇上的平均堆积厚度替代泥石流规模作为主要危险因子的单沟泥石流危险性评价方法。用该方法对汶川震区都江堰市龙池镇龙溪河流域2010年"8.13"泥石流事件中的29条沟谷型泥石流进行危险性评价,评价结果中9条为高度危险,12条为中度危险,8条为低度危险。用以泥石流规模为主要危险因子的单沟泥石流危险性评价方法进行对比评价,2种评价方法中有65.5%的泥石流的危险性评价结果一致。以泥石流沟堆积扇平均堆积厚度为主要危险因子的单沟泥石流危险性评价方法更能突出规模对泥石流综合危险度的贡献,能更好地反映小泥石流流域和小泥石流堆积扇的泥石流在中小规模的泥石流总量下的危险程度。     

Prediction of the run-out distance of the debris flow based on the velocity attenuation coefficient

Our aim is to determine the run-out distance of the debris flow that is crucial in the assessment, prevention and control of the debris flow hazard. Based on the variation characteristic of debris flow velocity in the alluvial fan, this paper proposes the calculation method of the velocity attenuation coefficient of the debris flow. By defining the velocity attenuation coefficient and deducing its calculating formula, this paper puts forward a new method to determine the run-out distance of the debris flow based on the velocity attenuation coefficient, and Gangou debris flow in Luding County, Sichuan Province is selected as a case for calculation and verification. Having 10 m as its measuring spacing, this paper measured 19 sections at the alluvial fan of the Gangou debris flow (among them, 11 sets of data are valid). And based on the measurement, this paper analyzes the characteristic of the velocity attenuation and calculates its velocity attenuation coefficient after the 2005 debris flow. The study indicates that when the velocity of Gangou debris flow at the alluvial fan is greater than 12 % of the initial velocity (at the mouth of gully), the attenuation is quite remarkable. But when the velocity at the alluvial fan is less than 12 % of the initial velocity, the attenuation is quite slow. Besides, when Gangou debris flow rushes out of the gully mouth (the initial velocity is 10 m/s) and when it attenuates to the 32 time, its velocity is less than 0.1 m/s, the debris flow is considered to stop flowing, and the run-out distance of Gangou debris flow is calculated to be 320 m. But the present alluvial fan of Gangou debris flow is measured to be 285 m in length, and the calculated run-out distance is 320 m, which is 35 m longer than its present length. This means when the debris flow runs out in 2005, it blocked up the main river (Dadu River) in some extent. And this finding is generally in accordance with that from the field survey. The findings can be of theoretical and practical significance in the debris flow hazard assessment, as well as its prevention and mitigation.     

Alluvial fans of the Eastern Italian Alps: morphometry and depositional processes

Abstract

Alluvial fans are abundant in many valleys of the Alps, consisting of important sites for human settlements. Relationships between alluvial fan morphometry and drainage basin characteristics have been investigated in six valleys of the Eastern Italian Alps, displaying different geological and morphological conditions. Both debris flow fans and fluvial fans are present in the studied region, the latest occurring only in quite large basins. Expansion of alluvial fans is greatly determined by the topographic characteristics of receiving valleys. Fan gradient is mainly affected by basin ruggedness conditioning depositional processes, by debris size, and, in some cases, by post-depositional reworking of fan surfaces.     

基于FLO-2D的矿山泥石流运动特征及危险性评价——以甘肃省岷县簸箕沟矿山泥石流为例

岷县簸箕沟金矿因人类开采活动引发了矿山泥石流灾害. 采用FLO-2D软件模拟分析了降雨强度重现期50 a及100 a条件下的簸箕沟泥石流运动特征, 进行危险性评价和分区, 并结合实际发生情况做了精度验证. 结果表明: 簸箕沟泥石流的堆积扇范围、堆积深度以及平均流速等运动特征参数随着降雨重现周期的变长而增大, 堆积扇中部的堆积深度及流速明显大于两翼及前端. 泥石流的危险区集中分布于泥石流沟道以及沟口一定范围内. 随着降雨重现周期的变长, 高危险区面积比例由48%升高至54.0%. 通过精度验证得出模拟结果与实际情况基本相符, 可信度较高.     

汶川震区窄陡沟道型泥石流动力学特性及堵江分析——以都汶高速沿线磨子沟为例

在汶川震区沟道型泥石流中,普遍存在一种窄陡沟道类型,窄陡沟道型泥石流具有沟道纵坡陡、平均宽度窄、流域面积小的地形特点,在震区容易瞬间汇流形成大规模突发性泥石流灾害。结合四川省都汶高速沿线2013年“7·10”特大群发性泥石流,重点以窄陡沟道型的磨子沟泥石流为实例,针对该泥石流对都汶高速、岷江等造成的冲击淤埋及堵塞问题,通过现场调查泥石流形成条件和发育特征,采用大型流体动力学计算软件CFX模拟再现50年一遇暴雨频率下此类窄陡型泥石流的动力学过程,分析其危险范围、评价其冲击都汶高速桥梁,堵塞岷江,淹没岷江两岸居民安置点的破坏性影响,为提出针对性的泥石流防治工程措施提供依据。     

泥石流流速横向分布特征与防治工程结构优化

以往研究表明,泥石流流速在沟道横断面上分布不均,但目前尚无理论依据,国内现行相关规范暂时建议在泥石流拦挡坝、排导槽等防治工程设计时,流速、荷载按均布考虑,这与实际的受荷情况有所差别,从而导致防治工程局部稳定性偏小,极易发生工程失效。为此,基于冲淤平衡原理、流体均质假设及沟道横断面形状的合理简化,结合雨洪修正法与形态断面法相关原理,演绎了沟道横断面任意位置流速计算公式的推导过程,并获取了泥石流流速的横向分布的非线性特征。通过四川省地震灾区理县甲司口沟泥石流防治工程的实例分析,发现横向上泥石流的中泓线流速与两侧流速相差达到300%。据此对拦砂坝进行了结构优化设计,在确保功能的前提下,提高了坝体稳定性系数约20%,节约了工程造价约5%。     

都江堰市龙池镇麻柳沟泥石流特征及形成条件分析

通过对都江堰市龙池镇麻柳沟泥石流灾害现场调查,分析了泥石流的特征及形成条件,并对沟道内松散固体物质储量进行了计算,分析了危险区范围。结果表明:麻柳沟流域的地形特征为泥石流形成提供了有利的地形条件,"5.12"汶川地震和"4.20"芦山地震为泥石流的形成提供了丰富的物源条件,多次强降雨为泥石流的启动提供了充足的水源条件。通过计算得出,麻柳沟沟道内的松散固体物质储量约为29.21×104 m3,其中形成区13.19×104 m3,流通区3.27×104 m3,堆积区12.75×104 m3,泥石流最大危险范围为0.247 1km2。     

四川省北川县赵家沟地震次生泥石流形成条件分析

赵家沟位于北川县擂鼓镇坪上村西北侧,属汶川地震极重灾区,在地震发生前为一般性清水沟或洪水沟。由于地震的影响,流域内发育了多处滑坡和崩塌,斜坡上和沟道中堆积了大量松散固体物质。在2008年9月24日暴雨的作用下,赵家沟流域发生了百年不遇的泥石流灾害,成为地震次生泥石流沟。通过现场实地调查和室内分析,对地震次生泥石流灾害形成的地质地貌条件、物源条件和水源条件进行了分析。表明地震次生泥石流灾害的发生频率和规模有可能加大,其危险性由于松散固体物质的增大而上升,这是地震次生泥石流灾害显著的特征。     

Estimation of stream water quality parameter using regime channel theory

For predicting and forecasting fate of non-conservative pollutants downstream from source using advection–dispersion–decay equation (ADDE), estimation of three parameters; mean flow velocity (U), longitudinal dispersion co-efficient (D _L) and decay rate co-efficient (λ), is required a priori. In this three parameters model, estimation of D _L holds difficulties and draws interest towards it. The empirical formulae use the field and experimental data of channel and flow characteristics to estimate D _L. In this paper, an innovative approach has been proposed towards the estimation of D _L using regime channel concept. Having known discharge of flow and silt factor of the riverbed material, hydraulic parameters of the channel can be determined theoretically, which in turn can be used to estimate D _L appropriately making use of a suitable empirical formula.     

Formation and characteristics of post-earthquake debris flow: a case study from Wenjia gully in Mianzhu, Sichuan, SW China

During the three flood seasons following the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, two catastrophic groups of debris flow events occurred in the earthquake-affected area: the 2008-9-24 debris flow events, which had a serious impact on rebuilding; and the 2010-8-13/14 debris flow events, which destroyed much of the progress made in rebuilding. The Wenjia gully is a typical post-earthquake debris flow gully and at least five debris flows have occurred there. As far as the 2010-8-13 debris flow is concerned, the deposits of the Wenjia gully debris flow reached a volume of 3.1 × 10⁶ m³ in volume and hundreds of newly built houses were buried. This study took the Wenjia gully debris flow as an example and discussed the formation and characteristics of post-earthquake debris flow on the basis of field investigations and a remote sensing interpretation. The conclusions drawn from the investigation and analysis were as follows: (1) Post-earthquake debris flows were a joint result of both the earthquake and heavy rainfall. (2) Gully incision and loose material provision are key processes in the initiation and occurrence of debris flows and a cycle can be presented as the following process: runoff—erosion—collapse—engulfment—debris flow—further erosion—further collapse—further engulfment—debris flow enlargement. (3) The amount of rainfall that triggered debris flows from the Wenjia gully was significantly less than the average daily rainfall, while the intraday rainfall threshold decreased by at least 23.3%. (4) The occurrence mechanism of Wenjia gully debris flow was an erosion type and there was a positive relationship between debris flow magnitude and rainfall, which fitted an exponential model. (5) There were five representative characteristics of Wenjia gully debris flow: the long duration of the occurring process; the long distance of deposition chain conversion during the process of damage; magnification in the scale of debris flow; and the high frequency of debris flow events.     

Alluvial fan and wetland interactions: evidence of seasonal slope wetlands from the Silurian of south central Wales,UK

Distal environs of the Ludlow‐age Trichrug Formation from south central Wales (UK) detail deposition on the outer fringe of an ephemeral debris flow‐dominated alluvial fan. Debrites and subordinate sheetflood deposits are interbedded with sporadic thin sandstone‐dominated heterolithic units deposited in shallow, ephemeral ponds in the axial valley. The latter slope wetland system fringed the permeable alluvial fan deposits, being maintained by streamflow, precipitation and ground water recharge. A prolonged high water table is indicated by low chroma intervals interpreted as the result of gleying. A variety of redoximorphic indicators, including colour mottling and ferricrete concretions, are evidence of iron mobilization and concentration associated with a seasonally fluctuating water table. The slope wetlands were colonized periodically by Skolithos‐generating organisms, most likely to have been arthropods. The widespread occurrence of redoximorphic indicators and ferricrete contrasts markedly with calcrete Vertisols in penecontemporaneous continental deposits (Lower Old Red Sandstone) of the region. It is likely that the alluvial fan‐toe area was the site of a wetland depression, which maintained a high, though fluctuating, water table. In contrast the alluvial channel reaches of the surrounding drainage network were significantly better drained, with floodplains prone to wetting and drying and Vertisol palaeopedogenesis.     

泥石流排导槽研究进展及发展方向

泥石流是我国最常见的地质灾害之一,在5.12汶川地震后表现得尤为突出。排导槽作为一种结构简单、经济适用的防护措施在泥石流的防治工程中发挥了重要作用。本文简要阐述了泥石流排导槽的发展历程,重点分析比较全衬砌槽和软基消能型槽的结构特点、排导原理、优缺点及适用范围,其中全衬砌槽束水冲砂的特点增加泥石流的排泄,减少淤积,适于下游有广阔停淤区域或主河有足够输移能力的泥石流;而软基消能槽设置贯穿型横向潜槛,增大摩擦,降低流速,适于下游有城镇、铁路、工厂等重要基础设施的泥石流;分别从横纵断面优化、材料选择等角度总结了排导槽的研究进展:初步界定排导槽合理纵比降为3°～10°;横断面上对矩/梯形、圆形、V形等几种主要槽型水力条件进行分析比较,得出圆形断面最优;尝试运用高强混凝土等新型材料或结构增加排导槽的抗磨强度,延长其使用年限;综合考虑泥石流地质地貌背景、水文条件、施工难易程度、经济与否等多方面因素,选择最合适的排导工程;指出随着各项土木工程中生态需求的日益增长,今后研究工作中应加强模型试验,尤其是交错齿槛等生态型泥石流排导槽的研究,进一步完善泥石流排导槽的优化设计体系。     

Variability of impact of earthquake on debris-flow triggering conditions: case study of Chen-Yu-Lan watershed,Taiwan

This study investigates the variations in the critical conditions for debris-flow occurrence before and after the Chi-Chi earthquake in the Chen-Yu-Lan watershed, Taiwan. Topographical and rainfall parameters such as the gully gradient, drainage area, rainfall intensity, cumulative rainfall, and rainfall duration in the Chen-Yu-Lan watershed were used to analyze the conditions of debris-flow occurrence over the past 25 years. A recovery equation was proposed on the basis of rainfall parameters and used to determine the variations in the critical line of rainfall that trigger debris flow after the earthquake and to evaluate the recovery period required for the rainfall threshold of debris-flow occurrence after the earthquake to return to that before the earthquake in the watershed. The critical line for the runoff parameter versus gully gradient in the watershed was also presented.     

汶川震区典型泥石流动态演变特征研究——以绵竹市走马岭泥石流为例

汶川地震后,流域内产生大量松散物源,使走马岭沟由一季节性冲沟演变为一条潜在泥石流沟,在地震后的3个汛期内发生多次泥石流,并造成灾害,其中以2008-9-24泥石流和2010-8-13泥石流最为严重。本文利用3期遥感影像并结合野外调查,对走马岭沟泥石流的形成条件进行了论述,对比分析了走马岭泥石流沟2008年、2009年、2010年3个汛期后流域的动态变化特征,主要表现为:(1)在不同降雨强度下,走马岭泥石流具有复合型物源区启动方式,并先从局部性支沟发生泥石流,进而演变为整个流域全面暴发泥石流。(2)经历了2008年、2009年、2010年3个雨季后,走马岭流域物源储量及物源供给形式发生变化,其中崩塌规模增加了1.87%; 滑坡增加了25.35%; 沟道及坡面松散堆积减少了67.47%,减少部分大部分转化为泥石流沟道堆积物。(3)不同降雨强度下,走马岭泥石流堆积区范围边界变化明显,且不同堆积扇间存在叠加关系; 结合走马岭"9·24"堆积扇范围和"8·13"堆积扇前缘堆积痕迹及影像特征,推测出走马岭"8·13"堆积扇堆积面积约8.76×104m2。最后对泥石流成因机理及发展趋势进行了初步分析。结果显示,走马岭为一高频泥石流沟,仍具备形成大规模泥石流的条件。     

Recharge source and hydrogeochemical evolution of shallow groundwater in a complex alluvial fan system,southwest of North China Plain

Many cities around the world are developed at alluvial fans. With economic and industrial development and increase in population, quality and quantity of groundwater are often damaged by over-exploitation in these areas. In order to realistically assess these groundwater resources and their sustainability, it is vital to understand the recharge sources and hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater in alluvial fans. In March 2006, groundwater and surface water were sampled for major element analysis and stable isotope (oxygen-18 and deuterium) compositions in Xinxiang, which is located at a complex alluvial fan system composed of a mountainous area, Taihang Mt. alluvial fan and Yellow River alluvial fan. In the Taihang mountainous area, the groundwater was recharged by precipitation and was characterized by Ca–HCO₃ type water with depleted δ¹⁸O and δD (mean value of −8.8‰ δ¹⁸O). Along the flow path from the mountainous area to Taihang Mt. alluvial fan, the groundwater became geochemically complex (Ca–Na–Mg–HCO₃–Cl–SO₄ type), and heavier δ¹⁸O and δD were observed (around −8‰ δ¹⁸O). Before the surface water with mean δ¹⁸O of −8.7‰ recharged to groundwater, it underwent isotopic enrichment in Taihang Mt. alluvial fan. Chemical mixture and ion exchange are expected to be responsible for the chemical evolution of groundwater in Yellow River alluvial fan. Transferred water from the Yellow River is the main source of the groundwater in the Yellow River alluvial fan in the south of the study area, and stable isotopic compositions of the groundwater (mean value of −8.8‰ δ¹⁸O) were similar to those of transferred water (−8.9‰), increasing from the southern boundary of the study area to the distal end of the fan. The groundwater underwent chemical evolution from Ca–HCO₃, Na–HCO₃, to Na–SO₄. A conceptual model, integrating stiff diagrams, is used to describe the spatial variation of recharge sources, chemical evolution, and groundwater flow paths in the complex alluvial fan aquifer system.     

The Proterozoic (1.85 Ga) Älvestorp Conglomerate,Bergslagen, Central Sweden

The Älvestorp conglomerates, deposited in an alluvial fan setting, form part of the Svecofennian orogenic belt in west Bergslagen, south central Sweden and are estimated to be as old as c. 1.85 Ga. Reaching a thickness of one kilometre, their architecture and form suggest an alluvial origin. Along sections, massive conglomerates often grade into pebbly mudstones and greenschist facies slates, while pure slates with dolomite concretions and olistolites occur in dark slatey mudstones on the eastern shore of lake Brunnsjön. Inner fan trenches are filled with massive, clast‐supported conglomerates that contain more than 80 percent epiclastic tuffaceous material. The Älvestorp conglomerate is therefore classified as the product of a Proterozoic stream‐flow channel and debris flow, or alluvial fan. The Grythyttan Basin to the north originated by extension after the first of two orogenic stages of Bergslagen.     

浙东南山丘区泥石流爆发的临界雨量分析

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