NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF BARE-SLOPE EROSION CAUSED BY RAINFALL AND CHANNEL NETWORK FORMATION

Abstract

Fundamental process of surface erosion on bare slope which is caused by artificial rainfall was studied in this study. Numerical simulation was attempted under the same condition as the experiment that we conducted at the same time. Investigations were carried out for two type of the bare slope. Erosion process of the bare slope of sand which contains clay by 12% was one of the targets of this study. Numerical predictions technique was newly developed in consideration of being a non-equilibrium sediment transport process. Results of the numerical computation agreed well with experimental results, and the validity of the technique was confirmed.