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Mohammad Saeed Fakhimjoo, Abdollah Ardeshir, Kourosh Behzadian, Hojat Karami. 2023: Experimental investigation and flow analysis of clear-water scour around pier and abutment in proximity. Water Science and Engineering, 16(1): 94-105. doi: 10.1016/j.wse.2022.12.001
Citation: Mohammad Saeed Fakhimjoo, Abdollah Ardeshir, Kourosh Behzadian, Hojat Karami. 2023: Experimental investigation and flow analysis of clear-water scour around pier and abutment in proximity. Water Science and Engineering, 16(1): 94-105. doi: 10.1016/j.wse.2022.12.001
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Experimental investigation and flow analysis of clear-water scour around pier and abutment in proximity

doi: 10.1016/j.wse.2022.12.001

  • a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran 15875-4413, Iran;

  • b School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London, London W5 5RF, UK;

  • c Department of Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan 35131-19111, Iran

  • Received Date: 2022-04-27
  • Accepted Date: 2022-12-06
  • Rev Recd Date: 2022-11-14
    Abstract
  • Local scour around bridge piers and abutments is one of the most significant causes of bridge failure. Despite a plethora of studies on scour around individual bridge piers or abutments, few studies have focused on the joint impact of a pier and an abutment in proximity to one another on scour. This study conducted laboratory experiments and flow analyses to examine the interaction of piers and abutments and their effect on clear-water scour. The experiments were conducted in a rectangular laboratory flume. They included 18 main tests (with a combination of different types of piers and abutments) and five control tests (with individual piers or abutments). Three pier types (a rectangular pier with a rounded edge, a group of three cylindrical piers, and a single cylindrical pier) and two abutment types (a wing—wall abutment and a semicircular abutment) were used. An acoustic Doppler velocimeter was used to measure the three-dimensional flow velocity for analyses of streamline, velocity magnitude, vertical velocity, and bed shear stress. The results showed that the velocity near the pier and abutment increased by up to 80%. The maximum scour depth around the abutment increased by up to 19%. In contrast, the maximum scour depth around the pier increased significantly by up to l71%. The presence of the pier in the vicinity of the abutment led to an increase in the scour hole volume by up to 87% relative to the case with a solitary abutment. Empirical equations were also derived to accurately estimate the maximum scour depth at the pier adjacent to the abutment.

     

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