Water (Jun 2020)

Experimental, Numerical and Field Approaches to Scour Research

  • Yee-Meng Chiew,
  • Jihn-Sung Lai,
  • Oscar Link

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061749
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 6
p. 1749

Abstract

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Scour, which represents a fascinating and complex engineering problem involving a number of physical mechanisms and interactions, has motivated a vast amount of research following different but complementary methodological approaches such as experimental, numerical, and field methods. Far from being completely understood, scour remains one of the main hazards for many structures such as bridges, submarine pipelines, offshore wind turbines, etc. Thus, scour is currently a very active field of research with important open questions that are unanswered and practical challenges to be tackled. This Special Issue aims to bridge knowledge gaps by collecting fourteen papers to provide a wide view of scour types and different research approaches, with innovative ideas and inferences.

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