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Scour reduction around bridge pier using the airfoil-shaped collarGupta, L.K., Pandey, M., Raj, P.A., Pu, Jaan H. 12 October 2024 (has links)
Yes / Scouring around the bridge pier is a natural and complex phenomenon that results in bridge
failure. Failure of bridges have potential devastation and public safety and economic loss, which lead
to political consequences and environmental impacts. Therefore, it is essential to countermeasure the
scour around the bridge pier. This paper studies the effects of four different airfoil-shaped collars
(i.e., bc1 = 1.5b, bc2 = 2.0b, bc3 = 2.5b and bc4 = 3.0b, where bc and b are the diameter of the airfoil-shaped
collar and pier, respectively) as a scour countermeasure. All the experiments are conducted under
clear water conditions with uniform sediment and a constant water depth (y) of 10 cm. Airfoil-shaped
collar is placed at four elevations, i.e., bed level, y/4, y/2 and 3y/4 above the sediment bed level. It
is observed that the maximum percentages of scour reduction of 86, 100 and 100% occurred due to
protection provided by the collar bc2, bc3 and bc4, respectively, at sediment bed level. So, collars bc2,
bc3 and bc4 are efficient at the sediment bed level. The profiles of scour hole show that the length of
the transverse scour hole is greater than that of the longitudinal one. Numerical investigation of the
morphological changes in sediment bed and scour depth contours is developed using the FLOW-3D
for the pier with and without the airfoil-shaped collar.
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