Streambed scour in cohesive sediment is complex because erosion processes depend on the physical, geochemical, and biological properties of the sediment. The scouring processes can also be characterized as a slow fatigue phenomenon. Therefore, repetitive hydraulic loadings from multiple stormflow events are likely necessary for equilibrium scour depths to develop in cohesive sediment compared with non-cohesive sediment. Cumulative effective stream power, which is a surrogate measure of effective stream power duration, showed a significant relation with scour development and propagation in cohesive sediments around bridge piers, where results from this study identified a statistically significant correlation between cumulative effective stream power and the observed scour depths around different bridge piers ( R2 = 0.56, p < 0.001). However, some localized and site-specific variations were observed. It was also observed that scour depth development in cohesive soil appeared to be dependent on effective shear duration, rather than the number of flow events above erosion threshold values. In addition, the relationship between an erodibility index ( K) and critical stream power showed a significant statistical correlation ( R2 = 0.61, p = 0.017). Results from this study deviated from the Annandale empirical relationship for sediments when K < 0.1. This finding supports that site-specific critical stream power should be measured using an empirical relationship for cohesive bed sediments to predict scour depths.
Influence of Cumulative Effective Stream Power on Scour Depth Prediction Around Bridge Piers in Cohesive Bed Sediments
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
2024-02-02
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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