SRICOS: Prediction of Scour Rate in Cohesive Soils at Bridge Piers |
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Authors: | Jean-Louis Briaud Francis C K Ting H C Chen Rao Gudavalli Suresh Perugu Gengsheng Wei |
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Affiliation: | 1Fellow, ASCE,
2Member, ASCE,
3Student Member, ASCE,
41Spencer J. Buchanan Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843-3136.
52Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, SD 57006.
63Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX.
74Proj. Mgr., ATSER LLC, 8520 Sweetwater, Ste. F57, Houston TX 77037.
85Grad. Student, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX.
96Grad. Student, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX.
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Abstract: | A new method called SRICOS is proposed to predict the scour depth z versus time t around a cylindrical bridge pier of diameter D founded in clay. The steps involved are: (1) taking samples at the bridge pier site; (2) testing them in an erosion function apparatus to obtain the scour rate ? versus the hydraulic shear stress applied τ; (3) predicting the maximum shear stress τmax, which will be induced around the pier by the water flowing at vo before the scour hole starts to develop; (4) using the measured ? versus τ curve to obtain the initial scour rate ?i corresponding to τmax; (5) predicting the maximum depth of scour zmax for the pier; (6) using ?i and zmax to develop the hyperbolic function describing the scour depth z versus time t curve; and (7) reading the z versus t curve at a time corresponding to the duration of the flood to find the scour depth that will develop around that pier. A new apparatus is developed to measure the ? versus t curve of step 2, a series of advanced numerical simulations are performed to develop an equation for the τmax value of step 3, and a series of flume tests are performed to develop an equation for the zmax value of step 5. The method is evaluated by comparing predictions and measurements in 42 flume experiments. |
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