Abstract: Advances in the study of siltation in the channels downstream of sluices are is reviewed in the aspects of mechanism study， physical model tests and numerical simulation techniques， meanwhile the defects existing in the previous study are summarized and analyzed. Some research results of siltation in the channels downstream of sluices by using generalized physical models are introduced specially. Dynamic boundary conditions of physical models for the study of siltation downstream of sluices should be determined to satisfy the sediment transport characteristics. Finally， the improvement of methods and some key points in further studies are suggested in this paper.