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Chapter 6 - Scour at Piers Skewed to the Flow
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... and skew angles from 0° to 30°. Plots of normalized scour depth versus flow skew angle are given in Figures 48 and 49 for different pier lengths.
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... Predicted and measured scour depths as a function of flow skew angle. Figure 47.
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... Normalized scour depth versus flow skew angle for rectangular piers [based on data from Mostafa (1994)
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Key Terms

  • flow skew
  • scour depth
  • skew angles
  • zero skew
  • pier length

  • scour depths
  • flow direction
  • water depth
  • depth versus
  • measured scour

  • depth computed
  • versus flow
  • normalized scour
  • skewness factor
  • total scour

  • skewed piers
  • rectangular piers
  • angle methods
  • various shapes
  • predicted scour

  • skewness effect
  • pier width
  • ratory tests
  • pile shape
  • renna method

  • width replaces
  • methods based
  • method takes
  • tests performed
  • curves proposed


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