Evaluation of bridge-scour research abutment and contraction scour processes and prediction

• Main Author: Sturm, Terry W.
• Corporate Authors: National Cooperative Highway Research Program, National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
• Other Authors: Ettema, R., Melville, Bruce W.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, 2011.
• Series: NCHRP web document ; 181.
• Subjects: Scour at bridges > United States.; Bridges > United States > Abutments.; Transportation > United States > Mathematical models.; Transportation > Research > United States.; United States.; elektronické knihy; electronic books

This report reviews the present state of knowledge regarding bridge-abutment scour and the veracity of the leading methods currently used for estimating design scour depth.