The invention discloses a
debris flow scale estimation method. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring related information of a
drainage basin to be estimated; printing to obtain a 3D printing model of the
drainage basin to be estimated; a blank slope body on the 3D printing model is scanned to obtain a three-dimensional
point cloud, and the three-dimensional
point cloud is converted into an original
terrain where no material source is laid; laying a corresponding soil body on the 3D printing model to simulate an object source condition; early-stage
precipitation is conducted on the 3D printing model after the corresponding soil body is laid, and the
precipitation amount is recorded till the
natural water content is achieved; a real
precipitation process is simulated on the 3D printing model; the total amount of
solid substances of the simulated
debris flow is obtained, and a DEM after the disaster is obtained through scanning; and amplifying the total amount of
debris flow solid substances according to the cubic of x to serve as a
lower limit value, subtracting the DEM after the disaster from the DEM before the disaster according to the cubic of x to serve as an upper
limit value, and obtaining an estimated debris flow scale. According to the method, the whole process from rainfall to debris flow rushing out is simulated on the
terrain closer to the reality, and the accuracy of the
estimation result is improved.