Flood Scour for Bridges and Highways: Prevention and Control of Soil Erosion

Proven methods for preventing and mitigating bridge and highway flood scour
Offering detailed guidelines on bridge scour countermeasures, this comprehensive resource provides a proactive strategy for the design and construction of bridges to prevent scour, as well as a reactive plan for post-flood disaster management.

Topics discussed include erosion, causes of scour, AASHTO design codes, hydrology, hydraulics, scour analysis, inspection methods, and modern materials technology. Real-world case studies illustrate the concepts presented. The authoritative information in this practical guide will help you to develop more efficient and cost-effective design processes and bridge management systems for river bridges subjected to floods.

Flood Scour for Bridges and Highways covers

Floods, scour problems, and mitigation
River instability caused by flow obstructions
Past failures and bridges vulnerable to failure
Geotechnical and hydraulic issues at scour-critical rivers and bridges
Hydrology, floods, and scour-critical bridges
Estimating scour depths and selecting applicable countermeasures
Inspections, ratings, and monitoring countermeasures
FHWA, HEC-18, and HEC-23 scour countermeasures as remediation
Innovative methods of flood control and disaster management