combined waves and current. Irregular waves were used in the experiments, which were
carried out both for codirectional waves and for waves propagating perpendicular to the
current. The measured scour depth is plotted as a function of U cw= U c/(U c+ U m) for
various values of the Keulegan-Carpenter number KC in which U c is the undisturbed
current velocity and U m is the maximum value of the undisturbed orbital velocity at the sea …