Debris flows often cause devastating damage to property and can injure or kill residents in mountainous areas. The construction of check dams in debris-flow valleys is considered a useful strategy for mitigating the damages downstream. In this paper, a new type of spillway structure with lateral contraction was proposed to distribute debris flows after the check dam storage filled up. Four different lateral contraction ratios of the spillway were considered in experiments that investigated debris-flow patterns, scour characteristics, and energy dissipation rates when debris flows passed through the spillway.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/effects-y-type-spillway-lateral-contraction-ratios-debris-flowpatterns-and-scour
[2] http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2433/2016/
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/huayong-chen
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jinfeng-liu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/wanyu-zhao
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/natural-hazards-and-earth-system-sciences
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/check-dam
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sediment-transport
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-management
