Experimental, Numerical and Field Approaches to Scour Research

• Other Authors: Chiew, Yee-Meng (Editor), Lai, Jihn-Sung (Editor), Link, Oscar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; seabed scour; tidal current turbine; ocean renewable energy; ship twin-propeller; jet; scour; 3D printing; visible light communication system; offshore wind turbine foundation; early warning monitoring; life cycle; cylindrical pier; local scour; anti-scour collar; bridge; experiment; scour protection; scour development; optimal design; complex bridge pier; pier-pier proximity; temporal evolution; equilibrium scour pattern; bed-form migration; scour predictor evaluation; propeller jet; confined propeller scour; energy spectra; turbulence; vortex system; downward seepage; pier; turbulent statistics; bridge foundations; supercritical flows; sediment hydraulics; two-phase flow; pipeline; numerical modeling; turbulence modeling; sediment transport; clear-water scour; submerged weir; temporal development; bed morphology; bridge scour; general scour; grade control; dredging; reservoir sedimentation; replenishment; cohesive sediment; horseshoe vortex; pile scour; waves and currents; computational fluid dynamics; REEF3D; scour and erosion; time scale of local scour; blockage ratio; research approaches
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This book presents fourteen state-of-the-art research papers prepared by research scientists and engineers around the world. They explore the subject of scour related to bridge piers, monopiles, propellers, turbines, weirs, dams, grade-control structures, and pipelines. Their works are based on thre...