SIZING RIPRAP FOR THE PROTECTION OF APPROACH EMBANKMENTS AND SPUR DIKES AND LIMITING THE DEPTH OF SCOUR AT BRIDGE PIERS AND ABUTMENTS. VOLUME I: LITERATURE REVIEW & ARIZONA CASE HISTORIES

This report presents a review of published literature on riprap design technology and examines Arizona case histories of riprap performance. The literature review grouped the factors affecting riprap design into hierarchical categories relative to scale. The four factors identified include: riprap properties, site characteristics, hydraulic and sediment transport conditions, and river response. Eleven case histories from documentation supplied by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service (SCS) are examined. The review of Arizona case histories is intended to provide the basis for understanding the dominant river processes associated with riprap protection measures. The literature review and case histories indicate a set of design requirements to be considered when designing riprap revetment. Volume II presents the design procedure.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simons, Li & Associates, Incorporated

  4600 South Mill Avenue, Suite 280
  Tempe, AZ  United States  85282

  Arizona Department of Transportation

  206 South 17th Avenue
  Phoenix, AZ  United States  85007

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Li, R-M
  • MacArthur, R
  • Cotton, G
• Publication Date: 1989-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 131 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bank protection; Bridge abutments; Bridge piers; Case studies; Design; Design methods; Hydraulics; Performance; Revetments; Riprap; Rivers; Scour; Sediments; Spur dikes
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488066
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-AZ89-260, I
• Contract Numbers: PL-1(31) Item 260
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1991 12:00AM