Development of priority based statewide scour monitoring systems in New England (PDF file)

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• Creators:
  Di Stasi, Jeffrey M ; Ho, Carlton L.
• Corporate Contributors:
  University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Transportation Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bridges Decision Support Systems Geographic Information Systems Internet Monitoring Prototypes Real Time Information Scour Warning Systems Websites (Information Retrieval)
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Connecticut ; Massachusetts
• Corporate Publisher:
  Connecticut Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  A project was funded by the New England Transportation Consortium to research the creation of a scour monitoring system
  
  that would assist in the allocation of resources during potentially destructive flood events in New England. Emphasis was placed upon
  
  the adoption and use of existing tools and infrastructure to accomplish these tasks. A web-based approach using a spatial decision
  
  support system (SDSS) would be adopted for development of the monitoring system. A SDSS is a platform independent software
  
  application that can be used as both a decision and research tool. The versatility of the model enables discretion to be used, which
  
  emphasizes the importance of engineering judgment with respect to the analytical method used to evaluate scour potential in this
  
  system.
  
  Potential components of the system are identified and reviewed, such as existing scour analyses, instrumentation, and
  
  automated gages. Internet websites are discussed in detail to familiarize DOTs with sources of available real-time weather products
  
  pertinent to the assessment of scour conditions. A GIS is created for each New England state to geographically integrate bridge, dam,
  
  and gage infrastructure in order to recognize the relation between them. Various scour models are presented along with methods for
  
  determining hydraulic input parameters to be entered into the models. The framework of a conceptual scour monitoring system is
  
  outlined and a potential scenario is used to illustrate the operation of the monitoring system for real-time warning and assessment of
  
  scour conditions. The sum result of these tasks was the development of a prototype real-time scour monitoring and assessment tool
  
  that integrated web-based assessment tools, geographic information systems, and Internet resources.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:363a3f395081abe4caf5fca12fbd5ed10cbe3685beaa6a31ca415c83e42961d4
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14808/dot_14808_DS1.pdf
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