Maximum scour depth at bridge abutments terminating in the floodplain zone

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 996-1006

  Kouchakzadeh, S ^a   Townsend, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bridge abutments; Compound channel; Floodplain; Lateral momentum transfer; Local scour; Maximum scour depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000256741     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjce-24-6-996     Document Type: Article

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