Preliminary investigation of the 20 August 2014 debris flows triggered by a severe rainstorm in Hiroshima City, Japan
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In the early morning of 20 August 2014, a high-intensity/low-duration rainstorm occurred in Hiroshima City, in southwest Japan. Within 3 h, the rainfall exceeded 200 mm, which is more than twice the monthly-average for this area. This heavy rainfall triggered 107 debris flows and 59 shallow slides, which caused 44 injuries, and 74 deaths. 133 houses were destroyed and an additional 296 houses were severely damaged. Most of the debris flows occurred in heavily weathered granite slopes, while others occurred in weathered hornfels slopes. A field investigation on two of the gullies in which the debris flows occurred was conducted in order to better understand the characteristics of the debris flows. The main purpose of this investigation was to understand the geomorphological and geological conditions, the soil properties, and the initiation/traveling mechanisms of the debris flows. The longitudinal and cross-sectional profiles along the two gullies were measured, beginning at the source areas and ending at the downstream limits of the deposition areas. For soil property determination, disturbed and undisturbed soil samples were collected for laboratory tests which included in-situ density measurement, grain size distribution analysis and triaxial compression tests. In the triaxial compression tests, consolidated-undrained compression tests under different confining stresses were conducted to measure the strength parameters of the strongly-weathered granite. Pore-water pressure controlled triaxial test was conducted to simulate the failure process of the slope given an increase of the pore-water pressure. Chemical analyses of the granite samples were also conducted in order to understand the degree of weathering of the granite in the debris flow gully. A high intensity, short duration, localized rainfall event initiated debris flows in very steep slopes. These were initiated as a thin sliding mass in weathered coarse-grained granite and hornfels, and became two different types of debris flow after traveling down the slopes. The slope angle and the cross section of the gully, and the grain size of the debris significantly controlled the motion behavior of the debris flows.
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