Erosion on irregular slope surface: A full N-S equation based numerical study

Y. An, Q. Q. Liu

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Abstract

Soil erosion by overland flowon hillslopes is one of the most crucial fundamental sediment yield processes. Generally, Saint-Venant equation based overland flow model is widely used to model this special flow, and in turn, the sheet erosion. However, it becomes more and more clear that the overland flow, which generally involves irregular micro landform, could behave different characteristics from river flow in which classical depth-averaged model suits well. The key issue is that the characteristic length of the irregular micro landform is considerable large comparing with the overland flow depth, which leads to nonuniform velocity profile in the depth direction. Thus, this paper employed full Navier-Stokes equation to study the overland flow on partially inundated irregular micro-relief and discuss the self-enhanced sheet erosion processes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRiver Sedimentation - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, ISRS 2016
EditorsSilke Wieprecht, Stefan Haun, Karolin Weber, Markus Noack, Kristina Terheiden
PublisherCRC Press/Balkema
Pages21
Number of pages1
ISBN (Print)9781138029453
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, ISRS 2016 - Stuttgart, Germany
Duration: 19 Sept 201622 Sept 2016

Publication series

NameRiver Sedimentation - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, ISRS 2016

Conference

Conference13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, ISRS 2016
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityStuttgart
Period19/09/1622/09/16

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