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abutment and contraction scour processes and prediction
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
This report reviews the present state of knowledge regarding bridge-abutment scour and the veracity of the leading methods currently used for estimating design scour depth.
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Abutment form and construction -- Abutment scour as a design concern -- Scour conditions -- Abutment scour depth estimation formulas -- Contraction scour formulas -- Recommendations for design estimation of abutment and contraction scour -- Research and education needs -- References -- Appendices.
Terry W. Sturm, Robert Ettema, [and] Bruce W. Melville.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 16, 2011).
"Contractor's final report for NCHRP project 24-27(02), submitted September 2011."
Sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration.