摘要(英) |
Debris flow is a flow body produced after the action of gravity
by materials, such as mud, sand, gravel, cobble and etc., and
the mixture of water. Major disastrous damage caused by debris
flow can be dated back to 1959 which is known as 8-7 flood
occurred at south central part of Taiwan. However, debris flow
was not paid great attention in Taiwan until the incident at
Tonman Village in June of 1990 and series damages caused by
Typhoon Herb on July 31st, 1996. Especially after 921 Chi-Chi
Earthquake in 1999, a huge number of debris piled up at the foot
of hills, hillsides, or mountain valley, the chance for
occurrence of debris flow will be inevitable in the next 10 to
20 years.
The main purpose of this study was to use the discrete element
method based program Particle Flow Code (PFC2D) to study the
mechanisms of particle movement, including contact forces,
displacements, flow pattern, and the strength parameters between
particles, of debris flow. The following simulated results based
on the particles passing through the falling door tests and the
inclined trough tests can be obtained: The particles start
moving as the friction angle, , between particles equals to 28
to 30 degrees as the trough slope is 22 degrees. The angle of
repose is about 56 to 60 degrees for particles with friction
angle of 28 to 30 degrees. The angle of repose is about 34 to 38
degrees if subtract the trough slope. This angle of repose can
be treated as the macro friction angle of the debris
materials. The obtained results are similar to the friction
angles, 34.7 to 36.2 degrees, tested by Su (1998) on valley
deposits using direct shear test.
The factors that influence the results and occurrence of debris
flow can be acquired based on the simulation and analyses using
PFC2D. It is found that slope angle is the major reason that
controls the incident of debris flow, and then friction angle
between particles, volume concentration of the mixture, and
friction angle of a slope. The characteristics of the simulated
debris flow from this study are very similar to the actual
debris flow. |