Geotechnical Engineering

Prediction of the scope of Jiangkou gully debris flow hazard using CFX software

Expand
  • 1. School of Geosciences and Environment Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China; 2. State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Spatial Information Technology for High-Speed Railway Safety, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China

Received date: 2015-02-01

  Online published: 2018-06-09

Supported by

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41372293, 41402266), the Science Research Project of Land and Resources Department of Sichuan Province (KJ-2014-10, KJ-2015-18, KJ-2016-08), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2682013BR003) and the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (PCSIRT).

Abstract

The immigrants from Houziyan hydropower station are resettled on the accumulation fan of Jiangkou gully debris flow. Based on field investigation on the formation conditions and motion characteristics of the debris flow, the hazard scope of debris flow occurred in 1958 with a frequency of 50-year return period is obtained, and the motion parameters of debris flow are determined with the rain-flood method. The fluid level distribution and velocity field are simulated, and the hazard scope and the velocity field of Jiangkou gully debris flow are obtained by using CFX software, based on Bingham rheological model. The simulation results show that the average velocity of a 50-year return period debris flow passed through the accumulation fan is 5.76 m/s, while the maximum velocity is 13.59 m/s. The hazard zone obtained by the numerical simulation is larger than that occurred in 1958, since the deposit of early debris flow filled up the original ground, especially the ground near the channel, making the debris flow flood and expand more easily toward both the flanks of the channel. This research provides a new approach to designing prevention project and delineation of hazard zone of debris flow.

Cite this article

HU Xie-wen, DIAO Ren-hui, LIANG Jing-xuan, LUO Gang, WEI Lai, . Prediction of the scope of Jiangkou gully debris flow hazard using CFX software[J]. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2016 , 37(6) : 1689 -1696 . DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2016.06.020

Outlines

/