Prediction of bed variation during a flood by distorted model experiments with a movable bed

Abstract

Theoretical backing of the similarity laws obtained from the dual dimensionless parameters of the bed-form classification diagram is given by solving the equations of similarity conditions that are obtained from the 1-dimensional equation of motion, the continuity equation, the bed deformation equation, and the formula of bed-load transport. Furthermore, a distorted model experiment was conducted to predict the bed variation during a flood in the Chubetsu River (a tributary of the Ishikari fiver in Hokkaido, Japan). The usefulness of the similarity laws of a distorted model was ascertained, and it was found that the maximum scour depth occurs during a recession of the flood hydrograph.