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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2015.48.7.595

Interaction between Raindrops Splash and Sheet Flow in Interrill Erosion of Steep Hillslopes  

Nam, Myeong Jun (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Park, Sang Deog (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Lee, Seung Kyu (Institute for Disaster Prevention, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Shin, Seung Sook (Institute for Disaster Prevention, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.48, no.7, 2015 , pp. 595-604 More about this Journal
Abstract
Interrill erosion by the rainfall is divided into a detachment of soil particles by raindrop splash when raindrops having kinetic energy strike on the surface soil and a sediment transport by sheet flow of surface runoff. Rainfall kinetic energy is widely used as an indicator expressing the potential ability to separate the soil particles from soil mass. In this study, the soil erosion experiments of rainfall simulation were operated to evaluate the effects of rainfall kinetic energy on interrill erosion as using the strip cover to control raindrop impact. The kinetic energy from rainfall simulator was 0.58 times to that of natural rainfall. Surface runoff and subsurface runoff increased and decreased respectively with increase of rainfall intensity. Surface runoff discharge from plots of non-cover was 1.82 times more than that from plots with cover. The rainfall kinetic energy influenced on the starting time of surface and subsurface runoff. Soil erosion quantity greatly varied according to existence of the surface cover that can intercept rainfall energy. Sediment yields by the interaction between raindrop splash and sheet flow increased 3.6~5.9 times and the increase rates of those decreased with rainfall intensity. As a results from analysis of relationship between stream power and sediment yields, rainfall kinetic energy increased the transport capacity according to increase of surface runoff as well as the detachment of soil particles by raindrop splash.
Keywords
rainfall kinetic energy; sheet flow; interrill erosion; rainfall simulation; strip cover;
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