Debris flows are one of the most hazardous types of landslides in mountainous areas of western North America because they are fast moving and can occur with little warning. Field observations and existing literature indicate that three primary types of nonvolcanic debris flows affect areas of western North America (Fig. 1): 1) debris flows that mobilize from landslides (i.e., “slides” using the...

Debris flows represent a very destructive natural hazard, affecting buildings, transport infrastructures, and, very often, causing human losses in mountain regions. That makes the identification of potential source areas of debris flows inside a watershed particularly important. In this paper we present a general identification procedure based on the credal network (that is an imprecise probabi...

As over seventy percent of the land of Hong Kong is mountainous, rainfall-induced debris flows are not uncommon in Hong Kong. The objective of this study is to incorporate numerical simulations of debris flows with GIS to identify potential debris flow hazard areas. To illustrate this approach, the proposed methodology is applied to Leung King Estate in Tuen Mun. A Digital Elevation Model (DEM)...

Using a numerical simulation method based on physical equations to obtain the debris flow risk range is important for local-scale assessment. While many models have been used reproduce processes after occurrence, their predictability in potentially catastrophic scenarios has mostly not evaluated detail. Two single-phase and two two-phase were Wayao event 2013. Then 2020 was predicted by four wi...

Debris flow is a very destructive natural disaster. This paper presents a novel masonry structure with strong resistance to debris flow—by using walls that are set with braces and filled with straw bricks. This structure was designed according to the concepts of sustainability. In order to study the dynamic response of this novel masonry structure under debris flow, finite element models of dif...

There is an increasing need to screen water in surface water collection systems to remove floating debris and small aquatic organisms to protect receiving water bodies. Recently, the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority (AMAFCA, New Mexico, USA) has actively introduced structural debris removal from storm-water facilities as a best management practice. In the South Diversion ...

This paper describes a one-dimensional finite element code for debris flows developed to model the flow within a steep channel and the stopping conditions on the fan. The code allows the systematic comparison of a wide variety of previously proposed one-phase flow resistance laws using the same finite element solution method. The onedimensional depth-averaged equations of motion and the numeric...

________________________________________________________5 INTRODUCTION_____________________________________________________5 RHEOLOGICAL MODELS________________________________________________9 Bagnold's Original Models for Grain Flows_______________________________ 9 Takahashi and Chen Models for Debris Flow and Debris Avalanche _______________ 10 McTigue, Savage, Goodman and Cowin Models for D...

Debris flows are a type of mass movement that occurs in mountain torrents. They consist of a high concentration of solid material in water that flows as a wave with a steep front. Debris flows can be considered a phenomenon intermediate between landslides and water floods. They are amongst the most hazardous natural processes in mountainous regions and may occur under different climatic conditi...

rayleigh-taylor (rt) instability has a growing importance in many fields including aircraft industry and astrophysics. the development and the growth of rt instability were investigated using sinusoidal disturbances with different wavelength at the interface of two fluids. numerical simulations were performed by solving navier-stokes unsteady equations with the vof formulation. results of the 2...