Pproblems in the design of grass waterway

초생수로설계상의 유의점

In this country grassed waterway practice has long been employed for the protection of drainage or diversion ditches in treating the sloped forest lands. However, the hydraulic characteristics of flow in the ditches have been entirely away from consideration in determining the dimensions of the ditches. This paper is intended first to bring forth some problems which should be brought ioto Consideration in designing grassed waterway including hydrologic aspect for determining the drainage requirement, erosion resistance of various grasses and other factors related to the hydraulics of ditch and second to introduce to readers a method of grassed waterway design, though modified, proposed for U. S. Soil Conservation Service practice. The method presented in the paper was primarily based upon the data originated from the experiments of U. S. Soil Conservation Service laboratories and further investigations on the factors involved are hoped to be conducted for applying the design criteria in this country. It is recommended to use the method of grassed waterway design ,presented in this paper from the view point of wide employment of grass lining on ditches which is obtainable at the lower cost and in abundance every where in this country.