Distributary behavior of biphasic flows with wood load on an experimental alluvial fan

Alluvial fans are episodically affected by the distributary dynamics caused by extreme biphasic flow processes. The solid-fraction component of biphasic flows is generally represented by inorganic sediment, but these events may also carry significant amounts of large wood. The aim of the study was t...

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Main Authors: N. Santibañez, B. Mazzorana, P. Iribarren, L. Mao, I. Rojas
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Language:Spanish
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2021-04-01
Series:Ingeniería del Agua
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Online Access:https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/IA/article/view/14703
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P. Iribarren
L. Mao
I. Rojas
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description Alluvial fans are episodically affected by the distributary dynamics caused by extreme biphasic flow processes. The solid-fraction component of biphasic flows is generally represented by inorganic sediment, but these events may also carry significant amounts of large wood. The aim of the study was to assess on a physical alluvial fan model the randomness of morphodynamical processes and exposure associated to a set of specific loading conditions and at exploring how these patterns change if large wood is added to the biphasic mixture in a fixed proportion of the solid fraction. The experiments were conducted varying systematically the total volume, the sediment fraction of the biphasic mixture and the applied stream power. Two sets of experiments were run, either with and without a fixed proportion of the solid fraction constituted by large wood. Our results confirm that the exposure associated to specific loading conditions exhibits a remarkable randomness, that the applied stream power has a decisive effect on the variability of exposure and that the fixed portion of large wood strongly interfere with the distributary dynamics on alluvial fans.
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spelling doaj-art-c4205a4d6f6642e5ab8cdb0f42b88c542025-01-02T08:46:32ZspaUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaIngeniería del Agua1134-21961886-49962021-04-0125214516810.4995/ia.2021.147038688Distributary behavior of biphasic flows with wood load on an experimental alluvial fanN. Santibañez0B. Mazzorana1P. Iribarren2L. Mao3I. Rojas4Universidad Austral de ChileUniversidad Austral de ChileUniversidad Austral de ChileUniversity of LincolnUniversidad Austral de ChileAlluvial fans are episodically affected by the distributary dynamics caused by extreme biphasic flow processes. The solid-fraction component of biphasic flows is generally represented by inorganic sediment, but these events may also carry significant amounts of large wood. The aim of the study was to assess on a physical alluvial fan model the randomness of morphodynamical processes and exposure associated to a set of specific loading conditions and at exploring how these patterns change if large wood is added to the biphasic mixture in a fixed proportion of the solid fraction. The experiments were conducted varying systematically the total volume, the sediment fraction of the biphasic mixture and the applied stream power. Two sets of experiments were run, either with and without a fixed proportion of the solid fraction constituted by large wood. Our results confirm that the exposure associated to specific loading conditions exhibits a remarkable randomness, that the applied stream power has a decisive effect on the variability of exposure and that the fixed portion of large wood strongly interfere with the distributary dynamics on alluvial fans.https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/IA/article/view/14703abanico aluvialmodelo experimentalflujos bifásicosdinámica distributivamadera de gran tamaño (lw)
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Distributary behavior of biphasic flows with wood load on an experimental alluvial fan
Ingeniería del Agua
abanico aluvial
modelo experimental
flujos bifásicos
dinámica distributiva
madera de gran tamaño (lw)
title Distributary behavior of biphasic flows with wood load on an experimental alluvial fan
title_full Distributary behavior of biphasic flows with wood load on an experimental alluvial fan
title_fullStr Distributary behavior of biphasic flows with wood load on an experimental alluvial fan
title_full_unstemmed Distributary behavior of biphasic flows with wood load on an experimental alluvial fan
title_short Distributary behavior of biphasic flows with wood load on an experimental alluvial fan
title_sort distributary behavior of biphasic flows with wood load on an experimental alluvial fan
topic abanico aluvial
modelo experimental
flujos bifásicos
dinámica distributiva
madera de gran tamaño (lw)
url https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/IA/article/view/14703
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