Case study: Bed stability around the east caisson on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-84

  Strom, Kyle ^a,b   Papanicolaou, Athanasios N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed material; Bridges; Caissons; Stability; Tidal flow; Washington

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BRIDGES; FLOODS; FRICTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DOPPLER CURRENT; FRICTION VELOCITY; WASHINGTON STATE;

CAISSONS;

BEDFORM; CAISSON; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE;

BEDLOAD; CAISSON; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL INLET; VELOCITY PROFILE;

NORTH AMERICA; TACOMA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244275149     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2005)131:2(75)     Document Type: Article

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