Combined flow-altering countermeasures against bridge pier scour

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-43

  Gaudio, Roberto ^a   Tafarojnoruz, Ali ^a   Calomino, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bridge pier; countermeasure; erosion; flow altering; movable bed; scour

Indexed keywords

COUNTERMEASURE; FLOW ALTERING; MOVABLE BED; PIER BODY; SCOUR DEPTH; SCOUR HOLES; SUBMERGED VANES;

BRIDGE PIERS; EROSION; PILES;

SCOUR;

BRIDGE; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROGEOLOGY; PIER; PILE; SCOUR;

EID: 84856819872     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2011.649548     Document Type: Article

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