Countermeasure Toe Protection at Spill-Through Abutments

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-245

  Melville, Bruce ^a   Van Ballegooy, Sjoerd ^b   Coleman, Stephen ^a   Barkdoll, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Tonkin & Taylor Hamilton   (New Zealand)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Abutments; Experimentation; Flood plains; Scour; Spills

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); CABLES; FLOODS; SCOUR; CHANNEL FLOW; PROTECTION; SPILLWAYS;

ABUTMENT; CHANNEL CONFIGURATION; CLEAR-WATER CONDITION; COMPOUND CHANNEL; EXPERIMENTATION; FLOOD PLAINS; HOLE GEOMETRY; SCOUR COUNTERMEASURE; SCOUR HOLES; TOE PROTECTION;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; HYDRAULICS;

FLOOD PLAINS; SPILL-THROUGH ABUTMENTS; TOE PROTECTION;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODS; HYDRAULICS; PROTECTION; SCOUR; SPILLWAYS;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FLOODPLAIN; SCOUR;

EID: 33144490459     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2006)132:3(235)     Document Type: Article

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