Effects of pile cap thickness on the maximum scour depth at a complex pier

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 482-491

  Ferraro, Domenico ^a   Tafarojnoruz, Ali ^a   Gaudio, Roberto ^a   Cardoso, António H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bridges; Experimentation; Foundations; Pile caps; Scour

Indexed keywords

APPROACH FLOW; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; EXPERIMENTATION; PILE CAP ELEVATIONS; PILE CAPS; SCOUR HOLES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

BRIDGES; FOUNDATIONS; PIERS; SCOUR;

PILE DRIVING;

BRIDGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; HYDRAULICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIER; PILE GROUP; PILE RESPONSE; SCOUR; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 84879587636     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000704     Document Type: Article

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