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http://dx.doi.org/10.17820/eri.2020.7.2.083

Verification on the Design Formulas of Apron Length by Scour Analysis at Weir Downstream  

Ko, Dongwoo (School of Constructional Disaster Prevention, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Changhun (Nature & Tech Inc.)
Kang, Joongu (River Experiment Center, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
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Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure / v.7, no.2, 2020 , pp. 83-89 More about this Journal
Abstract
This hydraulic study analyzed the scour effect at fixed downstream weirs based on the changes in the upstream bed slope. The study was performed using six different bed slopes, that is, 0%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 7%, and 10% at 0.117 ㎥/s in all cases. The scour depth, scour length, and scour volume were measured using a broadband laser scanner to quantitatively analyze the scour at the downstream weir. This study also examined the adequacy of the designed apron length by comparatively analyzing the results of the scour experiments and the apron length calculated using conventional design standard formulas. The analysis of the local scour effect at the downstream weir showed that scour length and scour depth increased as the bed slope became steeper. A comparison between the results of the scour experiment and that of the conventional design formulas showed that both formulas of the National Construction Research Institute and the Bligh were distributed within the allowable values when there was no upstream bed slope. However, as the bed slope upstream of the weir gradually increased, the scour lengths of the apron deviated slightly from the values obtained from the conventional design formulas.
Keywords
Apron; Bed slope; Hydraulic experiment; River; Scour characteristic; Weir;
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