Scour at bridge piers is considered as a significant safety hazard. Hence, scour countermeasure design
plays a critical role to hinder the scour potential at bridges. The selection methodology for a scour
countermeasure varies with respect to site conditions, economy, availability of material and river
characteristics. The aim of this study is to review the literature on this topic to gather universally
accepted design guidelines. A user-friendly computer program is developed for decision-making in
various sequential steps of countermeasure design against scouring of bridge piers. Therefore, the
program is eventually intended to select the feasible solution based on a grading system which deals
with comparative evaluation of soil, hydraulic, construction and application aspects. The program
enables an engineer to carry out a rapid countermeasure design through consideration of successive alternatives. A case study is performed to illustrate the use of this program.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615331/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 January 2013 |
| Creators | Yildirim, Mehmet Sinan |
| Contributors | Yanmaz, A. Melih |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | Access forbidden for 1 year |
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