Local Scour and Riprap Stability at Bridge Piers in a Degrading Channel

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-226

  Chiew, Yee Meng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bridges; Degradation; Piers; Riprap; Scour; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE PIERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; DEGRADATION; FLOODS; HYDRAULICS; SCOUR;

A-STABLE; BED DEGRADATION; BED SHEAR STRESSS; LOCAL SCOUR; LOCAL SCOURING; PIER SCOUR; RIPRAP; SCOUR DEPTH; TIME AVERAGES; VELOCITY RATIO;

SCOUR; BRIDGE PIERS;

FLOOD FLOW;

BRIDGE; FOUNDATION; PIER; RIVER CHANNEL; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BRIDGE; FOUNDATION; PIER; RIPRAP; RIVER CHANNEL; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 1842631060     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2004)130:3(218)     Document Type: Article

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