DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSURES
Oct 1, 1998

Discussions and Closure: Equilibrium Clear-Water Scour around an Abutment

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Vincenzo Armenio
Res. Engr., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Trieste, piazzale Europa 1, Trieste, Italy, I-34127.
Elpidio Caroni
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Trieste, piazzale Europa 1, Trieste, Italy I-34127.
Virgilio Fiorotto
Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Trieste, piazzale Europa 1, Trieste, Italy I-34127.
Salah Kouchakzadeh
Asst. Prof., Irrig. and Reclamation Engrg. Dept., Univ. of Tehran, Karaj, Iran, 31584.
Ron D. Townsend
Prof., Civ. Engrg. Dept., Ottawa Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5.
Jerry R. Richardson
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499.
Siow-Yong Lim
Sr. Lect., School of Civ. and Struct. Engrg., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Nanyang Ave., Singapore 639798.

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