Scour Technology: Mechanics and Engineering Practice, 1st Edition PDF

Abstract:

Insightful solution of practical scour problems.

Prepared by one of the world's foremost experts on scour, this text provides the information engineers need to make and justify decisions to protect infrastructure against the effects of scour. Scour Technology steers away from the empiricism that has prevented engineers from developing the necessary understanding to make justifiable and defensible design decisions. George W. Annandale's unique approach to analyzing scour from a cause-and-effect point of view has stimulated research at leading institutions. These practical methods allow analysis of scour in any kind of earth or engineered earth material, including materials such as vegetated soils, rock, and concrete. Dr. Annandale's methods are used internationally by practicing engineers to analyze and solve scour problems at bridges subject to flowing water, at dams subject to overtopping, in spillway chutes and energy dissipaters, and in plunge pools and water-bearing tunnels, and to develop engineering specifications for vegetated erosion protection of soils subject to the scour effects of flowing water.

This text untangles the complex factors influencing scour and its action on all types of materials. Covering the entire field, Scour Technology offers:

• In-depth understanding of the interaction between turbulent flow and all earth materials, and how this interaction leads to scour

• Methods for assessing the scour resistance of any earth or engineered earth material

• Methods for quantifying the erosive capacity of water for diverse flow conditions

• Methods for quantifying the extent and temporal aspects of scour

• Design approaches for developing effective protection against the effects of scour

• Examples of practical application of the methods, illustrated by case studies

Author: George W. Annandale, D.Ing., P.E., D.WRE