Abstract
The objective of this study is to clarify the deformation process of river bed which is composed of extremely wide range of sediment. The frame of bed is constituted by the larger rock or stone which cannot move at all. In this study, "the dynamic equilibrium state of river bed" was investigated experimentally. The flow discharge and the sediment discharge of supply were the parameters in experiment. The sand and gravel existing in a void of the stones of the large particle size is affected by the stones. It is called a hiding effect. It was found from this study that the riverbed reaches different dynamic equilibrium state according to a supplying rate of the sand or gravel, and the surface elevation of sand and gravel exposed on the riverbed surface changes.
