Evaluation of Some Proposed Methods for Protecting Bridge Substructure Using Physical Models

• Main Authors: Mohammed, Thamer Ahmed, Jafaar, Mohd Saleh, Thanoon, Waleed Abdulmalik, Ghazali, Abdul Halim, Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari, Yusuf, Badronnisa, Salem, Mohammed
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2003
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3755/1/Evaluation_of_Some_Proposed_Methods_for_Protecting_Bridge.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3755/

Bridges constructed across streams with erodable beds are normally subjected to serious scouring during the flood at piers and abutment sites. As a result, scour holes will be formed at the bridge substructure. The scour hole can be described by its maximum vertical scour depth which is called lo...