Clear-Water Scour at Piers in Sand Beds with an Armor Layer of Gravels
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 133, Issue 6
Abstract
Clear-water scour at circular and square piers, embedded in a sand bed overlain by a thin armor layer of gravels, was experimentally studied. Depending on the pier width, flow depth, armor gravel, and bed-sand sizes, three cases of scour holes at piers in armored beds were recognized. A comparison of the experimental data shows that the scour depth at a pier with an armor layer under limiting stability of the surface particles is greater than that without an armor layer for the same bed sediments, if the secondary armoring formed within the scour hole is scattered. The equations of maximum equilibrium scour depths at piers in armored beds for these cases are proposed. On the other hand, the scour depth with an armor layer is less than that without an armor layer for the same bed sediments, when the scour hole is shielded by the compact secondary armor layer.
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Received: Mar 9, 2004
Accepted: Oct 3, 2006
Published online: Jun 1, 2007
Published in print: Jun 2007
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