Driftwood is one of the important physical components in mountainous rivers which causes severe hazards due to the clogging of bridges,culverts,and narrow sections during floods.Therefore,the understanding of driftwoo...
In recent years,the damage caused to human settlements in Japan by large woody debris(LWD)has been increasing.For example,the 2013 Izu Oshima typhoon resulted in a large number of fatalities and missing persons,and th...
supported by Research Budget from Research and Development Center,NIPPON KOEI Co.,Ltd (Research theme:Modeling for debris flow with woods and their applicability)
There are many experimental approaches,field investigations and numerical calculations for movements of woods in a clear water and debris flow.However,kinematic conditions for accumulated logs and the interactions bet...