Sills and gabions as countermeasures at bridge pier in presence of debris accumulations

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 764-774

  Pagliara, Stefano ^a   Carnacina, Iacopo ^a   Cigni, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bridge pier; gabion; scour; sill; temporal evolution; wood debris

Indexed keywords

APPROACH FLOW; CLEAR-WATER CONDITION; GABION; LOCAL SCOUR; PILOT TESTS; SCOUR HOLES; SCOUR PROCESS; SEDIMENT MOTION; SILL; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WOOD DEBRIS;

BRIDGE PIERS; DEBRIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SCOUR;

BRIDGE; FLOW VELOCITY; GABION; PIER; ROUGHNESS; SCOUR; SILL; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WOODY DEBRIS;

EID: 78650477289     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2010.528184     Document Type: Article

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