Large-Scale Flume Tests of Riprap-Apron Performance at a Bridge Abutment on a Floodplain

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 800-809

  Morales, Reinaldo ^a   Ettema, Robert ^a   Barkdoll, Brian ^b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; SCOUR; SHEAR STRESS; ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); EMBANKMENTS; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REVETMENTS;

ABUTMENT SCOUR; FLOOD PLAINS; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE SCALE TURBULENCE; LARGE-SCALE MODELING; LARGE-SCALES; PERFORMANCE; SCOUR COUNTERMEASURE; SIDE SLOPE; UNIT DISCHARGE;

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

FLOOD PLAIN; HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; RIPRAP STONE;

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); EMBANKMENTS; EROSION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REVETMENTS; SCOUR;

BRIDGE; EROSION CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; REVETMENT; RIPRAP; SCOUR;

EID: 44049095220     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:6(800)     Document Type: Article

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