Bridge Failure Prevention: An Overview of Self-Protected Pier as Flow Altering Countermeasures for Scour Protection

Document Type : Review Paper

Authors

1 Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.

2 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Almergib University, Khoms-Libya

3 Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Jalan Universiti, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4 Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia

Abstract

The inherent scour process around the bridge piers needs to be considered and crucial to ensure a sustainable and economical bridge design. The performance of any scour protection/controlling devices around bridge piers is determined on how each device counters or minimize the scouring process. Besides the usually adopted bed armouring, abundant studies have been conducted to evaluate the efficiency of flow-altering countermeasures in reducing local scour depth. The flow changes due to the rigid pier are modified in a way to reduce the impinging effect on the bed. This paper discusses the performance and feasibility of self-protected piers, defined as a pier without any additional structure built either next to or at a distance away from the pier. We paid attention to the efficiency of the proposed countermeasures in terms of possible maximum scour reduction and provide the best configuration of each self-protection pier. This review consists of analysis on the openings on pier including internal tubing, slot and pier groups, and modified pier shapes as the flow-altering, self-protected countermeasure alternatives

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Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal
Volume 54, Issue 1
June 2021
Pages 1-22

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  • Receive Date: 11 November 2019
  • Revise Date: 14 May 2020
  • Accept Date: 01 June 2020

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