Stream stability and scour at highway bridges : water resources engineering : compendium of stream stability and scour papers presented at conferences sponsored by the Water Resources Engineering (Hydraulics) Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, conferences were held at Nashville, Tennessee, July 29-August 2, 1991 ... Memphis, Tennessee, August 3-5, 1998 /

"This book is a compendium of 75 papers and 321 abstracts presented at conferences sponsored by the Water Resources Engineering (Hydraulics) Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers from 1991 through 1998. It contains many new and expanded versions of the original papers, and is desi...

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Corporate Author: American Society of Civil Engineers. Water Resources Engineering Division
Other Authors: Richardson, E. V. (Everett V.), 1924-, Lagasse, Peter F. (Peter Frederick), 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, c1999.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Evaluating Scour at Bridges / E. V. Richardson and P. F. Lagasse
  • History of Bridge Scour Research and Evaluations
  • National Bridge Scour Evaluation Program
  • Bridge Scour Determination
  • Stream Stability and Geomorphology
  • Local Scour at Bridge Piers
  • Local Scour at Bridge Abutments
  • Contraction Scour
  • Instrumentation for Measuring and Monitoring Scour
  • Field Measurements of Bridge Scour
  • Computer and Physical Modeling of Bridge Scour
  • Bridge Scour in Tidal Waterways
  • Scour at Culverts
  • Countermeasures for Stream Instability and Bridge Scour
  • Economics and Risk Analysis of Bridge Scour
  • Research Needs.