abutment and contraction scour processes and prediction /
First Statement of Responsibility
Terry W. Sturm, Robert Ettema, [and] Bruce W. Melville.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 93 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
NCHRP web-only document ;
Volume Designation
181.
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"Contractor's final report for NCHRP project 24-27(02), submitted September 2011."
Text of Note
Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 16, 2011).
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Abutment form and construction -- Abutment scour as a design concern -- Scour conditions -- Abutment scour depth estimation formulas -- Contraction scour formulas -- Recommendations for design estimation of abutment and contraction scour -- Research and education needs -- References -- Appendices.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This report reviews the present state of knowledge regarding bridge-abutment scour and the veracity of the leading methods currently used for estimating design scour depth.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
NCHRP web-only Document 181.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bridges-- United States-- Abutments.
Scour at bridges-- United States.
Transportation-- Research-- United States.
Transportation-- United States-- Mathematical models.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
624
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284
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
TG320
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Sturm, Terry W.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Ettema, R.
Melville, Bruce W.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Knovel (Firm)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
National Research Council (U.S.)., Transportation Research Board.