Title
Time-dependent scour processes on granular beds at large scale
Date Issued
01 August 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Springer Nature
Abstract
A theoretical framework, based on the phenomenological theory of turbulence applied to scour-related processes due to plunging jets on cohesionless beds, is considered in this paper. More specifically, its predictive capability is assessed herein for large-scale domains, after it was developed for small scales elsewhere. The analysis focuses on both the time-evolution process and the equilibrium configuration for a wide range of hydraulic structures. After revisiting the theory for the temporal evolution of the scour processes, the scour for large-scale tests is investigated using unpublished experiments performed at Colorado State University by the last author. These tests confirm the existence of two stages in the scour hole development, namely the developing and developed phases. Thus, the scour dynamics at large scales is shown to be consistent with that at smaller scales. Then, the theory recently introduced by the first three authors is used to predict the time evolution of scour, corroborating that the very same equations, together with the same coefficients, provide successful predictions, regardless of scale and granulometric distribution. Finally, the theory is again verified against laboratory data on PK weirs obtained at the University of Pisa. Overall, the work described in the paper offers a tool with general validity.
Start page
791
End page
816
Volume
21
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería mecánica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85109270511
Source
Environmental Fluid Mechanics
ISSN of the container
15677419
Sponsor(s)
Open access funding provided by Università di Pisa within the CRUI-CARE Agreement. This research received no external funding.
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