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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2016.17.9.34

Verification on Debris Reduction Ability of the Sweeper by Real Scale Experiment  

Kim, Sung-Joong (River Experiment Center, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Jung, Do-Joon (National Disaster Management Institute)
Kang, Joon-Gu (River Experiment Center, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Yeo, Hong-Koo (River Experiment Center, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Kim, Jong-Tae (River Experiment Center, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.17, no.9, 2016 , pp. 34-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is an experimental study about a facility for preventing the accumulation of floating debris at a bridge by flooding at a small river. Generally, structures installed at a small river are damaged frequently by floating debris during typhoons or localized rainfall events. On the other hand, there is no method available for preventing such damage. The facilities used in other countries to prevent such damage by the accumulation of floating debris include debris fins, deflectors, and sweeper. Among these facilities, the present study was conducted with a sweeper to investigate the damage-reducing capability through a real-scale accumulation experiment. A sweeper was installed in front of a bridge to bypass floating debris by self-rotation so that the floating debris may not be accumulate at the bridge. A small bridge model was prepared in a real-scale for the real-scale experiment. The accumulation reducing capability was compared through an accumulation experiment before and after the sweeper installation depending on the length of the debris and flow conditions. The result showed that the accumulation rate increased with increasing length of the debris or decreasing flow rate. The installation of a sweeper decreased the debris accumulation rate by a minimum of 55% to a maximum of 88% compared to the case without an installed sweeper. The result of the present study showed that the installation of a sweeper at a small river having a high potential of generating floating debris may help secure the stability of a bridge in the case of floating debris accumulation.
Keywords
Debris accumulation; Debris reduction facility; Real scale experiment; Sweeper;
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