Suction effects on bridge pier scour

• Main Author: Goh, Edwin Kok Wei.
• Other Authors: Chiew Yee Meng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Water resources
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15874
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This experimental study aims to investigate how suction affects local scour around bridge pier in a clear-water flow. Traditional methods to counter the scour phenomenon often induce secondary failure mechanisms. As such, utilization of suction as a countermeasure will not only eliminate such mechan...