Methods for the quantitative assessment of channel processes in torrents (steep streams). (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dieter Rickenmann.
• Authors: Rickenmann, Dieter
• Contents: 1 Introduction ; 1.1 Torrent processes and hazard assessment; 1.2 On the contents of the present publication; 2 Flow resistance in gravel-bedded streams and torrents ; 2.1 Logarithmic flow law; 2.2 Empirical flow resistance laws (power laws); 2.3 Variable power law; 2.4 Partitioning of the flow resistance; 3 Fluvial bedload transport ; 3.1 Characterization of torrents and mountain rivers; 3.2 Sedimentological parameters; 3.3 Determination of grain size distribution and of characteristic grain sizes; 3.4 Bedload transport in steep channels; 3.5 Driftwood in torrents and mountain rivers; 3.6 Critical channel cross-sections and potential deposition; 3.7 Numerical simulation models; 4 Debris flows ; 4.1 Properties of debris flows; 4.2 Important elements of the process and hazard assessment; 4.3 Occurrence of debris flows; 4.4 Empirical approaches to characterize the flow and deposition behavior; 4.5 Models for the simulation of debris flows; 4.6 Scenarios and deposition in the area of the fan; 4.7 Final remarks; 5 Magnitude and frequency of torrent events; 5.1 Empirical approaches to estimate the magnitude of an event; 5.2 Field-based estimate of the event magnitude; 5.3 Combined method for estimating the event magnitude; 5.4 Flood runoff and debris-flow occurrence; 5.5 Frequency of torrent events; 5.6 General remarks on the estimate of sediment loads in torrent catchments; 6 General remarks on hazard assessment of channel processes in torrents ; 6.1 Reproducibility of the process analysis and hazard assessment; 6.2 Procedure of hazard assessment and important aspects;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.715; Natural resources -- Management; Rivers
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498776622
• Related ISBNs: 9781138029613
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