CONTROLLING BRIDGE PIER SCOUR BY RIP-RAPPING

This thesis is a contribution to the existing knowledge of the nature of the scour hole around bridge piers. The analysis is based on the fictitious, long contraction concept developed by Dr. Emmett M. Laursen. This concept and its equation has been used herein to determine the size of rip-rap parti...

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Main Author: Pacheco Gómez, Rodolfo, 1956-
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 1987
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276478