A review of sediment deflection in rivers using submerged vanes

V Chauhan, GD Singhal, R Chavan - ISH Journal of Hydraulic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Diverting or deflecting sediments is an essential part of river training. Under the effect of an
induced helical motion, the submerged vanes are best known for deflecting sediments. This …

Experimental study on the optimum installation depth and dimensions of roughening elements on abutment as scour countermeasures

M Zolghadr, SMA Zomorodian, A Fathi, RP Tripathi… - Fluids, 2023 - mdpi.com
The causes of many bridge failures have been reported to be local scour around abutments.
This study examines roughening elements as devices with which to intercept the downflow …

Mitigating scour at bridge abutments: an experimental investigation of waste material as an eco-friendly solution

N Murtaza, ZU Khan, KM Khedher, RA Amir, D Khan… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Scouring around bridge abutments is a crucial and complex process that sometimes may
lead to the failure of the bridge abutment. Therefore, in the present research, scouring …

Combination of riprap and submerged vane as an abutment scour countermeasure

A Fathi, SMA Zomorodian, M Zolghadr, A Chadee… - Fluids, 2023 - mdpi.com
Scour is one of the main causes of hydraulic structural failures. The present experimental
study examines the use of riprap, submerged vanes, and a combination of these for scour …

Roughening elements as abutment scour countermeasures

A Radice, V Davari - Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents the results of clear-water scour experiments with a vertical-wall
abutment. The upstream face of the latter was provided with roughening elements as …

Roughened bridge piers as a scour countermeasure under clear water conditions

FSF Abdelhaleem - ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Sediment erosion in the region of bridge piers is a potential hazard to the safety of bridges.
The presence of various roughness heights on the surface of bridge piers as a scour …

[HTML][HTML] Submerged vane-attached to the abutment as scour countermeasure

MS Bejestan, K Khademi… - Ain Shams Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, the cause of many bridge failures has been reported to be
abutment scour. A large number of studies have been conducted to develop …

Optimization of the performance of riprap apron to protect spur dikes against scouring using Taguchi and grey relational analysis methods

A Atarodi, H Karami, A Ardeshir, K Hosseini, D Lampert - Sādhanā, 2023 - Springer
One of the most significant problems faced by hydraulic engineers is the local scouring of in-
stream structures. The optimal design of scour protection methods requires time consuming …

Protecting vertical-wall bridge abutment using six-pillar concrete elements

M Zolghadr, MS Bejestan, A Fathi… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Statistics reveal that abutment scour is a major cause of bridge failure throughout the world.
Therefore, it is vital to propose methods to protect bridges and mitigate scour. Although …

Using a bed Sill as a countermeasure for clear-water scour at a complex pier with inclined columns footed on capped piles

M Esmaeili Varaki, N Tavazo, A Radice - Hydrology, 2022 - mdpi.com
River bridge piers may collapse due to the local scour around their foundations. It is known
that local scour is an effect of the three-dimensional flow field that develops near the pier …