Evolution Rules of Rolling Waves on Slopes Based on Artificial Flat Slopes of Loess

Abstract

We used a fixed-bed flume test and ultrasonic sensor measurement technology to study the evolution of the characteristics of thin-layer flow roll waves on a sloped surface. The results indicated that there was a positive correlation between the velocity of the roll wave and the Reynolds number when the energy slope and roughness were small. In addition, the amplitude of the increase gradually decreased with increases in roughness, and the height of the roll waves showed a single-hump trend of change. When the roughness was relatively small, the frequency of the roll waves increased as the Reynolds number increased, and the ratio of the wavelength to the water depth gradually decreased. As the energy slope increased, both the wave velocity and frequency of the roll waves gradually increased; they peaked when the energy slope was 0.3420. We found that the dominant factors that affected different roll-wave characteristic parameters varied. The roughness of the bed had a relatively prominent impact on the velocity of the roll waves, but the energy slope had a greater effect on the height of the roll waves.