Nose-Angle Bridge Piers as Alternative Countermeasures for Local Scour Reduction

This study investigates the performance nose-angle piers as countermeasures for local scour reduction around piers. Four nose angles were studied, i.e., 90°, 70°, 60° and 45° and tested in a laboratory. The sediment size was fixed at 0.39 mm whereas the flow angle of attack (or skew angle) was varie...

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Main Authors: Habib, Ibtesam Abudallah, Mohtar, Wan Hanna Melini Wan, Elsaiad, Atef, El-Shafie, Ahmed
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Published: Riga Technical University 2018
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author Habib, Ibtesam Abudallah
Mohtar, Wan Hanna Melini Wan
Elsaiad, Atef
El-Shafie, Ahmed
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Mohtar, Wan Hanna Melini Wan
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El-Shafie, Ahmed
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description This study investigates the performance nose-angle piers as countermeasures for local scour reduction around piers. Four nose angles were studied, i.e., 90°, 70°, 60° and 45° and tested in a laboratory. The sediment size was fixed at 0.39 mm whereas the flow angle of attack (or skew angle) was varied at four angles, i.e., skew angles, i.e., 0°, 10°, 20° and 30°. Scour reduction was clear when decreasing nose angles and reached maximum when the nose angle is 45°. Increasing the flow velocity and skew angle was subsequently increasing the scour profile, both in vertical and transversal directions. However, the efficiency of nose angle piers was only high at low Froude number less than 0.40 where higher Froude number gives minimal changes in the maximum scour depth reduction. At a higher skew angle, although showed promising maximum scour depth reduction, the increasing pier projected width resulted in the increase of transversal lengths.
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spelling um.eprints-219892019-08-20T07:33:55Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/21989/ Nose-Angle Bridge Piers as Alternative Countermeasures for Local Scour Reduction Habib, Ibtesam Abudallah Mohtar, Wan Hanna Melini Wan Elsaiad, Atef El-Shafie, Ahmed TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) This study investigates the performance nose-angle piers as countermeasures for local scour reduction around piers. Four nose angles were studied, i.e., 90°, 70°, 60° and 45° and tested in a laboratory. The sediment size was fixed at 0.39 mm whereas the flow angle of attack (or skew angle) was varied at four angles, i.e., skew angles, i.e., 0°, 10°, 20° and 30°. Scour reduction was clear when decreasing nose angles and reached maximum when the nose angle is 45°. Increasing the flow velocity and skew angle was subsequently increasing the scour profile, both in vertical and transversal directions. However, the efficiency of nose angle piers was only high at low Froude number less than 0.40 where higher Froude number gives minimal changes in the maximum scour depth reduction. At a higher skew angle, although showed promising maximum scour depth reduction, the increasing pier projected width resulted in the increase of transversal lengths. Riga Technical University 2018 Article PeerReviewed Habib, Ibtesam Abudallah and Mohtar, Wan Hanna Melini Wan and Elsaiad, Atef and El-Shafie, Ahmed (2018) Nose-Angle Bridge Piers as Alternative Countermeasures for Local Scour Reduction. The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 13 (2). pp. 110-120. ISSN 1822-427X, DOI https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2018-13.405 <https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2018-13.405>. https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2018-13.405 doi:10.7250/bjrbe.2018-13.405
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Habib, Ibtesam Abudallah
Mohtar, Wan Hanna Melini Wan
Elsaiad, Atef
El-Shafie, Ahmed
Nose-Angle Bridge Piers as Alternative Countermeasures for Local Scour Reduction
title Nose-Angle Bridge Piers as Alternative Countermeasures for Local Scour Reduction
title_full Nose-Angle Bridge Piers as Alternative Countermeasures for Local Scour Reduction
title_fullStr Nose-Angle Bridge Piers as Alternative Countermeasures for Local Scour Reduction
title_full_unstemmed Nose-Angle Bridge Piers as Alternative Countermeasures for Local Scour Reduction
title_short Nose-Angle Bridge Piers as Alternative Countermeasures for Local Scour Reduction
title_sort nose angle bridge piers as alternative countermeasures for local scour reduction
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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