Protection of bridge piers against scouring with tetrahedral frames

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-399

  TANG, Hong Wu ^a   DING, Bing ^a   CHIEW, Yee Meng ^b   FANG, Shi Long ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bridge pier scour; Flow altering countermeasure; Scour protection; Tetrahedral frames protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950579207     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(10)60012-1     Document Type: Article

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