THE INFLUENCE OF PIER GEOMETRY AND DEBRIS
THE INFLUENCE OF PIER GEOMETRY AND DEBRIS
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桥墩几何形状和碎片的影响
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2019
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Gustavo A. M. de Almeida
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D. Panici;Gustavo A. M. de Almeida
8 This paper analyses the influence of the geometry of bridge piers and the geometry of the 9 supplied debris on the formation and growth of wood debris jams at bridge piers. A total of 162 10 laboratory experiments have been conducted. Experimental results showed that the maximum size 11 of debris jams formed by the accumulation of cylindrical debris (i.e. wooden dowels) is smaller 12 than that of jams formed by natural non-branched wood of irregular shape. In addition, experiments 13 with branched debris resulted in jams that were significantly smaller and less stable than those with 14 non-branched natural debris. Finally, comparison of experiments conducted with six different pier 15 shapes indicate that the shape of a pier has negligible effects on the maximum size of a woody 16 debris jam. The only exception to this observation was for square piers, which showed slightly 17 larger debris jam sizes than the other types of piers tested. 18 INTRODUCTION 19 Bridges piers resting on mobile river beds have long been the object of concerns among hy20 draulic and structural engineers. The obstruction imposed by the pier reduces the flow area, alters 21 the flow field around the pier, and produces backwater effects and localised scour. These problems 22 1 Panici, May 23, 2019 have been extensively studied over the last decades (e.g. Melville and Sutherland, 1988; Dargahi, 23 1990; Williamson, 1996; Johnson and King, 2003; Dey and Raikar, 2007), and numerous models 24 have been developed to aid the assessment of flood risk and the design of resilient pier foundations. 25 In many rivers, the accumulation of large woody debris (hereafter referred to as LWD) during floods 26 can critically exacerbate the above effects. Previous studies have shown that debris jams can signif27 icantly reduce the flow area (Parola et al., 2000; Daniels and Rhoads, 2004; Bradley et al., 2005; 28 Pfister et al., 2013), which strongly affects the distribution of flow velocities and turbulence in the 29 channel (Gurnell et al., 2002; Daniels and Rhoads, 2004; Wilcox and Wohl, 2006; Manners et al., 3