01527850

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https://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/170742.aspx

Stream instability, long-term stream aggradation or degradation, contraction scour, local scour, and lateral channel migration or erosion cause 60% of all U.S. highway bridge failures. This article provides an overview of scour and summarizes findings from a range of research projects that have improved standards, guidance, and countermeasures for preventing the destabilizing effects of scour.

English

pp 37-42

2014-3

TR News

Print

Photos; Tables

Countermeasures; Highway bridges; Scour; State of the practice; Streams

Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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