Effects of transport capacity and erodibility on rill erosion processes: A model study using the Finite Element method

Geoderma

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 114-120

  Yan, L J ^a   Yu, X X ^b   Lei, T W ^a,d   Zhang, Q W ^c   Qu, L Q ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Finite Element method; Rill erosion; Simulation; Well defined rill

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSERVATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; EROSION; ESTIMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ONTOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CASE STUDIES; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; DEVELOPED MODEL; ELSEVIER (CO); ERODIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); HILLSLOPE EROSION; HILLSLOPE SOIL; MODEL EQUATIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL STUDIES; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; PREDICTION MODELING; RILL EROSION; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SEDIMENTATION PROCESSES; SIMULATED RESULTS; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; SOIL DETACHMENT; SOIL EROSION; TRANSPORT CAPACITIES; VISUAL C++;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERODIBILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HILLSLOPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RILL; SEDIMENTATION; SOFTWARE; SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 48149087774     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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