SCOUR MONITORING OF INDIANA STREAMS
The project examines the survivability and reliability of fixed-in-place continuous scour monitors for possible use in Indiana streams. The report considers primarily the experience with a sonar device at the US52 crossing of the Wabash River. Although very large flow events did not occur over the project period, the device has survived a number of smaller events, and has operated continuously without failure due to physical damage. Further, the data obtained, after appropriate processing, were examined for their credibility in terms of their correlation with a hydrologic parameter, the stage. A reasonably strong correlation was found, suggesting that the recorded data from the sonar monitor are a reliable indicator of scour (and fill). Recommendations are given regarding the applicability of the various different types of scour monitoring devices.
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Corporate Authors:
Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP
Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
West Lafayette, IN United States 47907-1284Indiana Department of Transportation
100 N Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, IN United States 46204Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Lyn, D A
- Cooper, T
- Yi, Y-K
- Sinha, R
- Rao, A R
- Publication Date: 2002-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: 10 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Correlation analysis; Detectors; Hydrologic phenomena; Monitoring; Recommendations; Reliability; Scour; Sonar; Streams
- Geographic Terms: Indiana
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Research; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00960079
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/IN/JTRP-2002/8,, Final Report
- Contract Numbers: SPR-2488
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jul 14 2003 12:00AM