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... i TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES…..............................................................................……….........…ii LIST OF TABLES..…….................................................................................………......v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...……..................................................................……....…..vii ABSTRACT..............................................................................….....……….........…....viii CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Research Approach.. .................................……......…1 Purpose and Objectives Scope and Approach of Research CHAPTER 2 Findings..........................................................................……..…........…..
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... ii LIST OF FIGURES 1. Example of single scour hole at shorter bridges, as shown at U.S.
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... iii 13. Relation of observed clear-water abutment-scour depth and the 100-year-flow embankment length, normalized by the 100-year-flow depth near the abutment toe, for the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of South Carolina with (A)
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... iv 24. Comparison of the velocity distribution for the two-dimensional model and field measurements at the upstream bridge face of County Route 22 over the Pomme de Terre River on (A)
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... v LIST OF TABLES 1. Summary of live-bed contraction-scour equation exponents……………..
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... vi 11. Comparison of debris-width design-criteria relation (Diehl, 1997)

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