Flow measurement around scoured bridge piers using Acoustic-Doppler Velocimeter (ADV)

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 217-227

  Akhtaruzzaman Sarker, Md ^a  

^a Swindon SN1 2AJ ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADV; Offshore; Over design; Piers; Scour

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE PIERS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SCOUR; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

ACOUSTIC-DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS (ADV); WAVE-CURRENT COMBINATIONS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC VELOCIMETER; BRIDGE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; SCOUR;

EID: 0344026059     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-5986(98)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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