Effects of collars on local scour around semi-circular end bridge abutments

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2023-02-01

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Gogus, Mustafa
Daskin, Sueyla
Gökmener, Serkan

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The occurrence of scour around bridge elements due to the transportation of bed material during flood events can cause serious structural damage and loss of life. Increased uncertainties in precipitation and runoff predictions due to climate change make this phenomenon more complex and dangerous. Bridge scour countermeasures should thus be more focused on decreasing scour formation around bridge elements. In this study, abutment scour under clear-water conditions with constant flow intensity was conducted and collars were tested as scour countermeasures around semi-circular end bridge abutments. The experimental study was performed in a rectangular channel with an almost uniform cohesionless bed material for 3 h with and without collars. Collars of various lengths located at different elevations around the abutments were tested to investigate the effect of collars on scour development. The results of the study showed that the scour depth decreased with increasing collar width and when the collar was placed below the bed level for a given abutment length. The results were compared with those of similar earlier studies to show the effect of abutment shape, size of the bed sediment and test durations on the development of scour depth around abutments.

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https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10.1680/jwama.21.00011
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/102263

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INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. PROCEEDINGS. WATER MANAGEMENT

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https://doi.org/10.1680/jwama.21.00011

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M. Gogus, S. Daskin, and S. Gökmener, “Effects of collars on local scour around semi-circular end bridge abutments,” INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. PROCEEDINGS. WATER MANAGEMENT, vol. 0, pp. 1–11, 2023, Accessed: 00, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10.1680/jwama.21.00011.