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... However, more often it was related to a real desire to learn more about portable instrumentation and application techniques because many of the participants had faced the real-world problems presented by attempts at making portable instrument measurements during flood flow conditions. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE The objective of this research was to develop improvements and/or alternatives to existing portable scour monitoring equipment and techniques for measuring stream bed elevations at bridge foundations during flood conditions.
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... User Manuals -- Task 8. Final Report RESEARCH APPROACH The purpose of Task 1 was to identify a wide range of technologies and procedures with either a direct or indirect relationship to portable scour monitoring.
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  • bridge deck
  • scour monitoring
  • flow conditions
  • field test
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  • portable scour
  • physical probing
  • field testing
  • monitoring equipment
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  • ice accumulation
  • nchrp project
  • bridge found


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