A contribution to the study of local river-bed scour around bridge piers

This thesis presents a review of the reported research on local sand-bed scour around bridge piers, describes the mechanics of local scour with particular reference to the horseshoe vortex, describes experiments on the effect of the vertical velocity distribution of the approach flow on local scour,...

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Main Author: Van der Gugten, Cornelis Adrianus
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33255