Mobile Bay Scour Analysis for Mobile and Baldwin Counties, Alabama

by Bryan Hancock, (A.M.ASCE),
Charles D. Powell, (M.ASCE),
Conor Shea, (M.ASCE),



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: North American Water and Environment Congress & Destructive Water

Abstract:

Scour analyses were prepared for ten bridges and causeways in and around Mobile Bay on the Gulf Coast of Alabama. Interactions between riverine floods on the Mobile River and tidal storm surges on Mobile Bay create a complex hydraulic environment. Determination of critical scour events for individual bridges requires examination of both riverine and tidal surge events. Two dimensional modeling was used to simulate the effects of riverine and tidal storm events. Scour analyses were performed under the direction of the Alabama Department of Transportation.

Subject Headings: Two-dimensional models | Scour | Tides | Rivers and streams | Bays | Storms | Gulfs | Alabama | United States | Gulf of Mexico

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