DESIGN METHOD FOR LOCAL SCOUR AT BRIDGE PIERS

A design method is presented that is based on laboratory data derived mainly from experiments with cylindirical piers for which the largest possible local scour depth is 2.4D. Multiplying factors, which have the effect of reducing this value are applied where clear-water scour conditions exist, the flow depth is relatively shallow, and the sediment is relatively large. In the case of noncylindrical piers, two additional multiplying factors are applied.

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• Authors:
  • Melvill, B W
  • Sutherland, A J
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1210-26
• Serial:
  • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
  • Volume: 114
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9429
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jhend8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge piers; Cylindrical bodies; Design; Laboratory studies; Piers (Supports); Scour; Sediments
• Old TRIS Terms: Cylindrical piers
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476738
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM