ThispaperexaminestheexperimentalstudyoninfluenceofmaterialcomponenttononlinearrelationbetweensedimentyieldanddrainagenetworkdevelopmentcompletedintheLab.Theareaofflumedrainagesystemis81.2m2,thelongitudinalgradientandcrosssectionslopearefrom0.0348to0.0775andfrom0.0115to0.038,respectively.Differentmodelmaterialswithamediumdiameterof0.021mm,0.076mmand0.066mmcoverthreeexperimentseach.Anartificialrainfallequipmentisasprinkler-systemcomposedof7downwardnozzles,distributedbyhexagontypeandagivenrainfallintensityis35.56mm/hr.cm2.Threeexperimentsaredesignedbyprocess-responseprincipleatthebeginningtheψshapedsmallnetworkisdugintheflume.Runningtimespansare720m,1440minutesand540minutesforRunsⅠ,ⅣandⅥ,respectively.Threeexperimentsshowthatthesedimentyieldprocessesarecharacterizedbydelayingwithavibration.Duringnetworkdevelopmenttheenergyofadrainagesystemisdissipatedbytwoways,ofwhichoneisincreasingthenumberofchannels(rillandgully),andtheotheroneisenlargingthechannellength.Thefractaldimensionofadrainagenetworkisexactlyanindexofenergydissipationofadrainagemorphologicalsystem.Changeofthisindexwithtimeisanunsymmetricalconcavecurve.Comparisonofthreeexperimentsexplainsthatthevibrationandthedelayingratioofsedimentyieldprocessesincreasewithmaterialcoarsening,whilethenumberofchanneldecreases.Thelengthofchannelenlargeswithmaterialfining.Thereexistsnon-linearrelationshipbetweenfractaldimensionandsedimentyieldwithanunsymmetricalhyperboliccurve.Thebsolutevalueofdelayingratioofthecurvereduceswithtimeunningandmaterialfining.Itischaracterizedbysubstitutionofsituationtotime.
