Effect of sediment size scaling on physical modeling of bridge pier scour

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 793-802

  Lee, Seung Oh ^a   Sturm, Terry W ^b  

^a Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridges; Hydraulic models; Piers; Scour; Sediment transport; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; COHERENT MOTION; COHERENT STRUCTURE; FIELD INVESTIGATION; GEOMETRIC MODELS; HORSESHOE VORTICES; LABORATORY MODELS; MODEL DISTORTION; PHASE-AVERAGING; PHYSICAL MODELING; PIER SCOUR; PIER WIDTH; SCOUR DEPTH; SEDIMENT MOVEMENT; SEDIMENT SIZE; TIME-SCALES; UNIFORM SEDIMENTS; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

BRIDGE PIERS; EROSION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; PIERS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBULENCE;

SCOUR;

BRIDGE; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAIN SIZE; MODELING; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 70349542763     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000091     Document Type: Article

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