Local scour for vertical piles in steady currents: review of mechanisms, influencing factors and empirical equations

B Liang, S Du, X Pan, L Zhang - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Scour induced by currents is one of the main causes of the bridge failure in rivers.
Fundamental knowledge and mechanisms on scour processes due to currents are often …

Clear-water local scour around pile groups in shallow-water flow

A Amini, BW Melville, TM Ali… - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
The results of an experimental study on clear-water scour at pile groups under steady flows
at threshold velocity are presented. A wide range of pile group arrangements, spacing, and …

Numerical investigation of local scour around three adjacent piles with different arrangements under current

Q Zhang, XL Zhou, JH Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
A set of three-dimensional numerical models is established to investigate the mechanisms of
local scour around three adjacent piles with different arrangements under steady currents …

Experimental study on local scour around submerged monopile under combined waves and current

X Lyu, Y Cheng, W Wang, H An, Y Li - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Submerged pile foundation have been widely used in ocean. Plenty of promising research
concentrate on local scour around mono-pile or pile groups. Yet submerged situation …

Effects of flow intensity on local scour around a submerged square pile in a steady current

S Du, Z Wang, R Wang, B Liang, X Pan - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Local scour around submerged square piles is very common in offshore and coastal
engineering and can result in pile failure. In the study reported here, because the flow …

Neuro-fuzzy GMDH systems based evolutionary algorithms to predict scour pile groups in clear water conditions

M Najafzadeh - Ocean Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, neuro-fuzzy based group method of data handling (NF-GMDH) as an adaptive
learning network was utilized to predict the local scour depth at pile groups under clear …

[HTML][HTML] Computational investigation of scour around submerged square piles in wave-current flows

L Kumar, MS Afzal, S Alhaddad - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explores the scour phenomenon around a submerged square pile under the
combined influence of waves and currents. To this end, a three-dimensional Computational …

Large eddy simulation of the turbulent flow field around a submerged pile within a scour hole under current condition

A Tafarojnoruz, A Lauria - Coastal Engineering Journal, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Coastal finite structures, bridge piers, and bank protection structures may become
submerged during storm surges. In the present study, a turbulent flow field around a …

Experimental study of local scour around submerged square piles in combined waves and current

S Du, G Wu, DZ Zhu, R Wang, Y Lu, B Liang - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Scour around submerged square piles in combined waves and current has rarely been
investigated. In this study, experimental tests in current-only conditions were performed with …

Controls on local scour and deposition induced by obstacles in fluvial environments

T Euler, J Herget - Catena, 2012 - Elsevier
Obstacles in fluvial environments cause flow separation and the emergence of three-
dimensional flow fields that can lead to scour and deposition, even when no general …