Laboratory of Erosion Control(2002)
Laboratory of Erosion Control
Staff Professor: Mizuyama, Takahisa, Dr. Agric. Sci.
Associate Professor: Satofuka, Yoshifumi, Dr. Eng.
Instructor: Kosugi, Ken'ichirou, Dr. Agric. Sci.
Students and research fellows
Doctor's program: (4) Research fellow: (1)
Master's program: (7)
Undergraduate: (5)
A. Research Activities(2002.1-2002.12)
A-1. Main subjects
a) Mechanism of sediment movement
Basic research has been carried out on debris flow, flash flood, and shallow landslide. The relationship between shallow landslide and underground pipe flow is studied particularly.
b) Countermeasures to prevent or reduce sediment disasters and the Sabo-planning being compatible with environmental concerns. More effective permeable dams are experimentally investigated in order to store the excessive sediment and, at the same time, not to damage the eco-system established in the streams. A function of a series of slit sabo dams was studied by flume experiments and computer simulation. Influence of released sediment from sabo dams to downstream environment is investigated by field experiments.
c) Forest influence on the hydrologic cycle
Elements controlling hydrologic cycle in forest are studied. Effects of forest soil hydraulic properties on water discharge from forested watersheds are analyzed by laboratory experiments, field measurements, and numerical simulation methods. Evapo-transpiration is one of the major factors. Models to interpret the phenomena are built.
d) Erosion and vegetation recovery in devastated granite mountains
Comparative study is carried out in Southwest China and Japan. Influence of human activities to erosion is a research topic.
e) Environment of mountain streams
Pools in mountain streams play an important role as habitat for fish. The geometrical and hydraulic features of pools are investigated and the situation of habitat of fish is observed. The formation process of pools is investigated theoretically and observationally with a focus on step-pool system in mountain streams.
f) Sediment movement and integrated sediment management in river system
Sediment production process and sediment movement process in mountain region are investigated using a video camera system and turbidity meters. A numerical model for calculating sediment routing is also developed. Using these results, the sediment management for mitigating sediment-related disaster and providing better natural environment from mountains to seashore is studied.
g) Sediment related disasters
Debris flow disasters were surveyed in Venezuela where debris flows and landslides occurred in December, 1999. Following debris flows from landslides, landslide dams and other damages by September 21 Taiwan Earthquake were surveyed in the field. Mudflow was studied in Miyake Island after eruptions.
h) Buffer green belt against sediment hazards
The effects of trees against debris flow and landslide are studied to design buffer green belts. Infiltration and water storage characteristics are studied in different tree kinds.
A-2. Publications and presentations
a) Publications
Books
Mizuyama,T.(edit); Utilization Guidelines for Sabo Soil Cement, Kajima Inst. Publ. Co. Ltd.
Mizuyama,T.; Sabo Terms, 3rd ed., Sabo Technical Center
Mizuyama,T. et al.; Earthquake induced sediment disasters, Kimura Foundation
Tabata,S., T.Mizuyama, K.Inoue; Landslide dams and related disasters, Kokon-shoin Publ. Co. Ltd.
Kosugi, K., J.W. Hopmans, and J.H. Dane, Water retention curve: Parametric models, In: Dane, J.H. (Ed.), Methods of Soil Analysis, Physical and Mineralogy Methods, Part 1, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI., 2002.
Original papers
Mizuyama, T., Y.Onda, Y.Kato, O.Tainaka, M.Okamoto; Judgment of the possibility of debris flow by rainfall-runoff monitoring, Journal of Japan Society of Erosion Control (Jour. of JSECE) 54-5,46-49
Okaqmoto, M., Y.Araki, H.Nakayama, K.Furukawa, T.Mizuyam; A study on the extraction of major factors and certain laws of sediment transport phenomenon by applying the rough set theory for data mining, Jour. of JSECE 54-6, 4-15
Iura, K., O.Shinohara, T.Mizuyama, H.Wtanabe, K.Yanagisawa, I.Izumi; The method of examination about landscape design of a Sabo dam?A case study of Jigokudaira Sabo dam?, Jour. of JSCEC 54-6, 16-24
Fukuda, K., K.Mtsumoto, K.Taniguchi, Y.Tsubakisita, M.Shimizu, T.Mizuyama; Research of sediment control by slit Sabo dam during floods?Case study on the Babadani branch of the Kurobe River?, Jour. of JSECE 54-6, 25-34
Msuda, O., T.Mizuyama, M.Fujita, H.Abe, A.Oda, H.Otsuki; Fundamental study about sediment runoff control by a series of Slit Sabo Dams, Jour. of JSECE 54-6, 39-42
Okamoto, M., M.Nakano, K.Hata, Y.Araki, K.Furukawa, T.Mizuyama; Study on the method of determining critical rainfall for debris flow warning and evacuation- A case study of the June 29 Hiroshima debris flow disasters in 1999-, Jour. of JSECE 55-1, 15-25
Kimoto, A., T.Mizuyama, S.Li; Devastated mountains and reforestation managements in Fujian Province, China, Jour. of JSECE55-1, 52-54
Akitsu Kimoto, Taro Uchida, T.Mizuyama and Li Changhua; Effects of Four-year Elimination of Human Activities on Sediment Discharge from Devastated Weathered Granite Hills of South China, Proceedings 12th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference, Volume III May 2002, Beijing p.222-228
Taro Uchida, T.Mizuyama, Akitsu Kimoto, Yuko Asano and Li Changhua, The Limitation of using Cesium-137 for investigating Soil Erosion in Devastated Hills in Southern Chaina, , Proceedings 12th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference, Volume IV, May 2002, Beijing p.21-26
Uchida, T., T.Mizuyama; Effects of pipeflow on the changes in safety factor in slopes: A numerical modeling approach, Jour. of JSECE55-2, 14-23
Yamakoshi, T., T.Mizuyama, T.Uchida, Y.Nomura, N.Anyoji, T.Hshinoki; Temporal change in infiltration capacity and sediment discharge of the tephra-covered slope of Miyakejima Volcano in the first post-eruption year, Jour. of JSECE55-2, 36-42
Kimoto,A., T.Mizuyama and K.Okano; Spatial and temporal changes of vegetation cover in granite mountains in central Japan: A GIS-based approach, Land Degradation & Development 13: 345-357
Kosugi, K., T.Mizuyama, M.Fujta; Accuracy of a shallow-landslide prediction model to estimate groundwater table, Jour. of JSECE55-3, 21-32
Funakoshi, K., D.Uesugi, M.Eguchi, K.Ogawa, T.Mizuyama, O.Kurokawa, A.Sakai; An experimental study of the influence of cement on water quality and fish, Jour. of JSECE55-3, 43-49
Mizuyama,T., M.Nonaka, M.Fujita; Sediment measurement with a hydrophone at Tsuno-ura Karyu Sabo Dam in the Joganji River, Jour. of JSECE55-3, 56-59
Fujita,M., Sawada,T.,Mizuyama,T.; Monitoring of sediment movement in a small mountain watershed, Interpraevent(IPR) 2002, vol.1, 33-40
Mizuyama,T.,Matsumura,K.,Tshuchiya, S.,Takahashi,M, Tang,W.; Evaluation of topographic effects on seismic failures of model slopes through dynamic response analysis, IPR 2002, vol.1,59-66
Oda,A., Izumi,I.,Abe,H.,Hasegawa, Y., Mizuyama,T.;The trend and anticipated future subject of hydraulic erosion control model experiments in Japan, IPR 2002, vol.1, 175-186
Uchida,T.,Mizuyama,T.; The contribution of pipeflow on shallow landslide initiation at steep hillslopes, IPR 2002, vol.2, 559-570
Kimoto,A.,Mizuyama,T.,Okano,K.,Kusaka,S.; Long-term change of the bare slopes of hilly granite mountains in central Japan using aerial photographs and digital terrain models, IPR 2002, vol.2, 867-874
Kinoshita,A., Mizuyama,T., Fuita,M., Sawada,T.; The impact on fish of sediment flushing from a sabo dam, IPR 2002, vol.2, 927-934
Tsutsumi, D., K.Kosugi, T.Mizuyama; Observation of 2-Dimensional root system development and soil water distiribution in a root box, Forest Research, Kyoto 74, 99-109
Sato,H., Y.Kouno, Y.Araki, H.Nakayama, T.Mizuyama, K.Furukawa; Debris flow rule based on rough set theory extraction from disaster caused by the Nagasaki heavy rain in July, 1982, Jour. of JSCE 721/Y―57、13−25
Satofuka, Y. and Takahashi, T.; Variation of riverbed composed of sediment mixture with wide size distribution, Proc. 13th Congress of APD-IAHR, Singapore, Vol.1, 234-239
Nakagawa, H., Takahashi, T.,Satofuka, Y. and Kawaike, K.; Evaluation of efficacy of sabo facilities by means of numerical simulation methods, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 46, 665-670
Takahashi, T., Nakagawa, H., Satofuka, Y. and Wang, H.; Simulation of debris flow control by a grid-type sabo dam, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 46, 689-694
Takahashi, T., Nakagawa, H. and Satofuka, Y.; Sediment flushing using a reverse-flow system, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, Vol. 46, 785-790
Kosugi K., M. Inoue, Estimation of hydraulic properties of vertically heterogeneous forest soil from transient matric pressure data, Water Resour. Res., 38, 1322, doi:10.1029/2002WR001546, 2002
Kosugi, K., and M. Katsuyama. 2002. Measurements of convective chemical fluxes in vadose zone by suction controlled lysimeter. 965-1-9 In Proc., 17th World Congress of Soil Science. Bangkok, Thailand. 14-21 Aug. 2002.
Uchida, T., K. Kosugu, T. Mizuyama, Effects of pipe flow and bedrock groundwater on runoff generation in a steep headwater chatchment in Ashiu, central Japan, Water Resour. Res., 38, 10.1029/2001WR000261, 2002.
内田太郎・小杉賢一朗・水山高久；谷頭凹地におけるパイプ流の流出機構の検討：京都大学芦生演習林内トヒノ谷流域におけるパイプ流量，水温，土壌間隙水圧の観測
b) Conference and seminar papers presented
The 112th annual meeting of Japanese Forestry Society (3 presentations)
2002 annual meeting of Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering (22 presentations)
2002 annual conference of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (1 presentation)
2002 annual meeting of Japan Society of Hydrology & Water Resources (1 presentations)
A-3. Off-campus activities
Membership in academic societies(roles)
Mizuyama, T.: Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering (director, Director of Business Department), Japanese Geomorphological Union (member of committee), Japan Society of Revegetation Technology (councilor)
Satofuka, Y.: Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering (member), Japan Society of Civil Engineering (member), Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science (member)
Kosugi, K.: Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering (member), Japanese Forestry Society (member), Japan Society of Revegetation Technology (member), Japan Society of Hydrology & Water Resources (member)
Research grant
Monbusho research grant:
International; Water-Man-Earth Interactions and Sustainable Water Resources -Cooperation in East Asia and Oceania (Mizuyama), General scientific research (B)(2); Joint Research on control of floods and sediment movement in Semalang, Brantas and Toba Basins (Fujita and Satofuka), General scientific research(C)(2); Sediment Run-off from sabo dams and its impact on river environment (Head: Fujita, Mizuyama), Encouragement (B); Real-time prediction of sediment disasters using high resolution rainfall data (Head: Satofuka) ,Encouragement (B); Simultaneous measurements and modeling of water, energy, and solute transport in unsaturated soil at forested slope (Head: Kosugi), General scientific research (B)(1); Establishing and standardizing field measurement technique of water and solute transport parameters of soils (Kosugi)
A-4. International cooperation and overseas activities
International Meetings
Mizuyama,T.: INTERPRAEVENT 2002, Japan (Chairman, Presentation), 2nd International Conference on Sediment Measurement, Norway (Presentation)
Satofuka, Y.: 13th Congress of APD-IAHR, Singapore (Presentation)
Kosugi, K: 17th World Congress of Soil Science. Bangkok, Thailand. (Presentation)
Membership in international academic societies
Mizuyama, T.: IAHR, IAHS, IUFRO-J, International INTERPRAREVENT, International Erosion Control Association
Satofuka, Y.: IAHR
Kosugi, K.: SSSA, IAHS, IUFRO-J
International joint researches, overseas research surveys
Mizuyama, T.: Research on erosion in sediment movement after the 1999 eathquake (Taiwan), Research on sediment related disasters in Venezuera, 1999 (Venezuera)
Fujita, M.: Joint Research on control of floods and sediment movement in Semalang, Brantas and Toba Basins (Indonesia)
Satofuka, Y.: Joint Research on control of floods and sediment movement in Semalang, Brantas and Toba Basins (Indonesia)
Editors of International Journals
Mizuyama, T.: Editor of Journal of Hydrological Sciences
B. Educational Activities (2001.4-2002.3)
B-1. On-campus teaching
a) Courses given
Undergraduate level: Regional Environment Creation (Mizuyama), Theory of Erosion Control 1,2 (Mizuyama), Practice in Erosion Control (Mizuyama, Fujita), Planning of Erosion Control (Mizuyama, Fujita), Foreign Literature in Forestry 3 (Mizuyama, Fujita), Practice of Surveying (Fujita), Special Seminar on Erosion Control 1,2 (Mizuyama, Fujita), Science of Water, soil and vegetation (Fujita)
Graduate level: Advanced theory of Erosion Control (Mizuyama), Advanced experiment of Erosion Control (Mizuyama, Fujita), Seminar of Erosion Control (Mizuyama, Fujita)
B-2. Off-campus teaching, etc.
Part-time lecturer
Mizuyama, T.: Fac. Agriculture, Kyoto Prefectural Univ. (Materials and constructive methods), Japan International Co-operation Agency (Infrastructure)