Scour Assessment at Bridges

by Paul B. Makowski, Federal Highway Administration, United States,
Philip L. Thompson, Federal Highway Administration, United States,
Connie P. Yew, Federal Highway Administration, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Hydraulic Engineering

Abstract:

Due to the key role that bridges play in the national transportation system, the Federal Highway Administration has developed a scour evaluation program. This program, issued in the form of a Technical Advisory, provides guidance to engineers in the design of new and the evaluation of existing bridges as well as scour countermeasure techniques. The program stresses the use of a multidisciplinary team of hydraulic, geotechnical and structural engineers to provide an organized approach to the evaluation of scour at bridges. In this paper, a summary of the scour evaluation program is presented.

Subject Headings: Scour | Bridge tests | Hydraulics | Highway bridges | Spillways | Soil analysis | Sediment transport

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