A numerical model is used to simulate channelized lahars, flowing with a near-constant sediment concentration and volume. Water and debris are usually mobilized in short times and the peak discharge of lahars may reach many thousands of cubic meters per second in a few minutes. A relation for the energy dissipation term must be provided in the model, which in turn depends on debris flow rheology and shape and status of channel bed. A discussion of the form of this term is performed through the simulation of some historical (among the well-documented) lahars and lahar-runout flows with concentrations ranging in a wide spectrum up to 70 percent by volume and irregularly shaped sand and coarser particles dispersed in a fluid matrix of water and fine material. As concentration increases and turbulence decreases, the dissipative term, which, in the first case, is proportional to the square average flow velocity (Manning or Chezy formulation) is well described by a linear dependence on flow velocity, as expected in the laminar case. The numerical reproduction of the examined historical cases suggests that the model can be used for hazard assessment, if some hypotheses are made about lahar hydrograph at the source, its volume, and the shape of the dissipative term. 相似文献
Mathematical models for forecasting landslides and mudflow movements triggered by heavy rainfalls are useful tools to develop warning systems and hazard mitigation strategy for loss reduction.
In the present paper, an application of Forecasting of Landslides Induced by Rainfalls (FLaIR) hydrological model, correlating the rainfall amount and landslide or mudflow movement occurrences, will be performed. Model application presented here refers to the mudflows of Sarno, Southern Italy, and is based on hourly precipitation data available from a real-time rain gauge installed immediately after the catastrophic event that occurred on May 1998.
The application is extended from October 1998 to May 2002. The main objective is to perform a backanalysis in order to verify the reliability of the proposed scheme for use in a warning system.
Among the most interesting results of the application, the relatively few false alarms for populations given by the model may be highlighted.
The FLaIR model is more useful when it is integrated with a probabilistic model for forecasting precipitation depths during a storm event at an hourly scale. By stochastic modelling of hourly precipitation, it is possible to estimate the probability of reaching the alarm threshold before allowing civil protection actions. 相似文献
The understanding of mudflow–structure interactions and debris–flow structure interactions is of paramount importance for
the rational design of technical countermeasures. However, to date, only a limited number of studies have investigated this
subject. We propose here a numerical approach to this topic using a 2D vertical numerical model based on the smoothed particle
hydrodynamics (SPH) method. First, we will test the capacity of the model to simulate unsteady free-surface flows of water
and viscoplastic fluid in comparison to laboratory experiments. Then, we will use it prospectively, based on a series of simulations
of Bingham fluid free-surface propagations, to determine the momentum reduction resulting from the presence of a simple obstacle
perpendicular to the direction of propagation and to determine the characteristics of stresses applied to this obstacle in
terms of peak pressure and evolution over time. 相似文献