| Title | Submerged flow bridge scour under clear water conditions |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 46078 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Shan, Haoyin; Xie, Zhaoding; Bojanowski, Cezary; Suaznabar, Oscar; Lottes, Steven; Shen, Jerry; Kerenyi, Kornel |
| Corporate Creator | Genex Systems, LLC |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development |
| Publisher | Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center |
| Publication Date | 20120900 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | Prediction of pressure flow (vertical contraction) scour underneath a partially or fully submerged bridge superstructure in an extreme flood event is crucial for bridge safety. An experimentally and numerically calibrated formulation is developed for the maximum clear water scour depth in non-cohesive bed materials under different approach flow and superstructure inundation conditions. The theoretical foundation of the scour model is the conservation of mass for water combined with the quantification of the flow separation zone under the bridge deck superstructure. In addition to physical experimental data, particle image velocimetry measurements and computational fluid dynamics simulations are used to validate assumptions used in the derivation of the scour model and to calibrate parameters describing the separation zone thickness. With the calibrated model for the separation zone thickness, the effective flow depth (contracted flow depth) in the bridge opening can be obtained. The maximum scour depth is calculated by identifying the total bridge opening that creates conditions such that the average velocity in the opening, including the scour depth, is equal to the critical velocity of the bed material. Data from previous studies by Arneson and Abt and Umbrell et al. are combined with new data collected as part of this study to develop and test the proposed formulation. |
| Rosap ID | dot:24983 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24983 |
| TRT Terms | Bridge foundations; Hydraulics; Scour; Flow; Contraction |
| General Subjects | Bridge foundations; Bridge hydraulics; Bridge scour; Submerged flow; Pressure flow; Vertical contraction |
| Classification | NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Bridges and Structures; NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Soils and Geology |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
1448714 |
| Contract Number | DTFH61-11-D-00010 |
| Report Number | FHWA-HRT-12-034 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/46000/46000/46078/Submerged_flow_bridge_scour_under_clear_water_conditions.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |