TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 181: Evaluation of Bridge-Scour Research: Abutment and Contraction Scour Processes and Prediction examines bridge-abutment scour and the effectiveness of the leading methods used for estimating design scour depth.
Transportation Research Board. 2011. Evaluation of Bridge-Scour Research: Abutment and Contraction Scour Processes and Prediction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13336.
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Front Matter | i-xiii | |
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 1-8 | |
1 INTRODUCTION | 9-14 | |
2 ABUTMENT FORM AND CONSTRUCTION | 15-24 | |
3 ABUTMENT SCOUR AS A DESIGN CONCERN | 25-27 | |
4 SCOUR CONDITIONS | 28-33 | |
5 SCOUR DEPTH ESTIMATION FORMULAS | 34-59 | |
6 CONTRACTION SCOUR FORMULAS | 60-65 | |
7 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DESIGN ESTIMATION FOR ABUTMENT AND CONTRACTION SCOUR DEPTH | 66-69 | |
8 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NEEDS | 70-74 | |
9 CONCLUSIONS | 75-77 | |
REFERENCES | 78-82 | |
APPENDIX A | 83-84 | |
APPENDIX B | 85-86 | |
APPENDIX C | 87-93 |
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