Local scour for vertical piles in steady currents: review of mechanisms, influencing factors and empirical equations

B Liang, S Du, X Pan, L Zhang - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Scour induced by currents is one of the main causes of the bridge failure in rivers.
Fundamental knowledge and mechanisms on scour processes due to currents are often …

Meshless generalized finite difference method for water wave interactions with multiple-bottom-seated-cylinder-array structures

ZJ Fu, ZY Xie, SY Ji, CC Tsai, AL Li - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents the meshless generalized finite difference method (GFDM) in
conjunction with the truncated treatments of infinite domain for simulating water wave …

Experimental study on local scour at complex bridge pier under combined waves and current

Y Yang, BW Melville, GH Macky, AY Shamseldin - Coastal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental study on scour at complex bridge piers exposed to
combined waves and current. Regular waves were produced with various strength and …

Multi-scale proper orthogonal decomposition (mPOD) analysis of vortex evolution and viscous dissipation in a circular-cylinder wake controlled by parallel symmetric …

Y Zhong, H Ma, J Guo - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper describes a novel flow control scheme over circular-cylinder wakes using parallel
symmetric jets. The effects of different jet momentum coefficients (C m) at θ=±30° on vortex …

Study on the Impact of Offshore Wind Farms on Surrounding Water Environment in the Yangtze Estuary Based on Remote Sensing

L Cai, Q Hu, Z Qiu, J Yin, Y Zhang, X Zhang - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Offshore wind farms (OWFs), built extensively in recent years, induce changes in the
surrounding water environment. The changes in the suspended sediment concentration …

Hydro-and morpho-dynamics induced by a vertical slender pile under regular and random waves

S Corvaro, F Marini, A Mancinelli… - Journal of Waterway …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
This paper proposes an experimental study of the hydro-and morpho-dynamics induced by
a slender vertical pile fitted into a sandy seabed and forced by sea waves in finite waters …

Large-scale experimental study on scour around offshore monopile under combined wave and current condition

E Gong, S Chen, X Chen, D Guan, J Zheng - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This work conducts large scale (1: 13) experiments to study local scour around a monopile
under combined irregular wave and current condition. The Keulegan–Carpenter (KC) …

Scour characteristics and equilibrium scour depth prediction around umbrella suction anchor foundation under random waves

R Hu, H Liu, H Leng, P Yu, X Wang - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A series of numerical simulation were conducted to study the local scour around umbrella
suction anchor foundation (USAF) under random waves. In this study, the validation was …

Scaling of scour depth at bridge pier based on characteristic dimension of large-scale vortex

NS Cheng, M Wei - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
By examining the variations in the dimensions of a horseshoe vortex system in front of a pier,
the present study proposes a new length scale, called pier hydraulic radius, for the scaling of …

Experimental investigation into 3D scour processes around a gravity based Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter

O Lancaster, R Cossu, TE Baldock - Coastal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Experimental investigations measuring both bed elevation changes and near-structure flow
velocities were undertaken to investigate wave scour processes around a model Oscillating …