Hydraulic Performance of Shallow Foundations for the Support of Vertical-Wall Bridge Abutments
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that investigates flow fields and scour at vertical-wall abutments with shallow foundations. The focus of the study was situations dominated by flow contraction in the bridge opening, turbulence around the bridge abutments, and variations in bed roughness and cross-section geometry resulting from riprap apron installation at the streambed elevation.
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