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Developing empirical formulas for assessing the scour of vertical and inclined piers
Authors:H Omara  G M Abdeelaal  K Nadaoka  A Tawfik
Institution:1. Irrigation and Hydraulics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta, Egypt;2. Environmental Engineering Department, Egypt - Japan University of Science and Technology (E-Just), New Borg El Arab, Egypt;3. hewida.omara@ejust.edu.eg;5. Water and Water Structures, Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig, Egypt;6. Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan;7. Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Abstract:Abstract

Because scour is one of the main reasons for bridge failure, this study focuses on accurately predicting the maximum scour depth around different vertical and inclined piers. Scouring is an issue of concern in the bridge design process, as most existing equations for predicting local scour near bridge piers suffer from over- or underprediction issues, resulting in higher foundation costs or bridge failure and inaccurate predictions of the scour around piers. The dimensionless maximum scour depths (ys/D) of vertical and inclined piers were investigated for seven pier shapes with different L/D ratios and four inclination angles (θ) under shallow flow conditions. The inclined pier configuration reduced the ys/D of the piers. The maximum ys/D was observed for a rectangular pier with an L/D of 4.5 in both vertical and inclined configurations (θ of 10, 15 and 21°, respectively). The ys/D was significantly decreased by increasing the angle of the pier from 10 to 30°. The ys/D of the inclined rectangular piers decreased as θ decreased from 30 to 10° and the L/D ratio increased from 1 to 4.5. The best ys/D results were obtained for inclined rectangular piers at a θ value of 30° and an L/D ratio of 7.5 compared to other shapes and inclination angles. New equations were developed to predict the local scour depth for circular, square and rectangular bridge piers. The equations yielded excellent results for predicting the maximum clear water scour depth around vertical and inclined piers with inclination angles of 10, 15, 21 and 30°, respectively.
Keywords:Inclined piers  maximum scour depth  pier shapes  Froude number  flow intensity
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