Dimensionless Effective Flow Work for Estimation of Pier Scour Caused by Flood Waves
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 143, Issue 7
Abstract
The pier scour caused by flood waves is analyzed, introducing the dimensionless effective work by the flow on the sediment bed around the pier, . The three-parameter exponential function is adopted to relate the normalized scour depth with . A novel experimental installation able to reproduce any hydrograph with high precision in the laboratory flume is described and used to carry out four series of scour experiments in order to calibrate and validate the proposed relation. The first series consists of experiments with constant discharge until advanced stages of scour. The second and third series of experiments use single flood waves of different shapes and durations, respectively. The fourth series consists of scour experiments caused by more realistic flow hydrographs with multiple peaks. Results show that the relation between and is unique and thus represents a reliable concept for the prediction of the flood wave scour because it appropriately integrates the effects of the hydrograph properties, duration, peak discharge, and shape, on scour. The proposed relation allows a straightforward prediction of maximum scour depth after a flood wave with high precision. A good agreement between measured and computed scour was observed in all cases.
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Acknowledgments
Presented results are part of the research project Fondecyt 1150997. Financial support by Red Doctoral REDOC.CTA and by Centro de Recursos Hídricos para la Agricultura y la Minería (CRHIAM) Fondap Center 15130015 is gratefully acknowledged. Academic exchange was possible through the financial support of the German academic exchange service Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and the Chilean research council Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT) through Grant PCCI12027, and the Erasmus Mundus project Elarch Grant No. 552129-EM-1-2014-1-IT-ERA MUNDUS-EMA21.
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Received: Sep 13, 2015
Accepted: Oct 24, 2016
Published ahead of print: Feb 20, 2017
Published online: Feb 21, 2017
Published in print: Jul 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Jul 21, 2017
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