The South Carolina bridge-scour envelope curves.

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• Alternative Title:
  Appendix 1 : South Carolina bridge-scour study sites and reference numbers for figure 1. ; Appendix 2 : Estimate of maximum historic flows at selected bridge crossings in South Carolina. ; The South Carolina bridge-scour envelope curve template 2016.
• Creators:
  Benedict, Stephen T. ; Feaster, Toby D. ; Caldwell, Andral W.
• Corporate Creators:
  South Carolina. Dept. of Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  Geological Survey (U.S.) ; United States. Department of the Interior
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bridges Curves (Geometry) Equations Scour
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Scientific Investigations Report 2016-5121
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20165121
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  South Carolina;United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Abstract:
  The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the South Carolina Department of Transportation, conducted a series of three field investigations to evaluate historical, riverine bridge scour in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions of South Carolina. These investigations included data collected at 231 riverine bridges, which lead to the development of bridge-scour envelope curves for clear-water and live-bed components of scour. The application and limitations of the South Carolina bridge-scour envelope curves were documented in four reports, each report addressing selected components of bridge scour. The current investigation (2016) synthesizes the findings of these previous reports into a guidance manual providing an integrated procedure for applying the envelope curves. Additionally, the investigation provides limited verification for selected bridge-scour envelope curves by comparing them to field data collected outside of South Carolina from previously published sources. Although the bridge-scour envelope curves have limitations, they are useful supplementary tools for assessing the potential for scour at riverine bridges in South Carolina.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:195ae661675acc8845a6abb8b007eef76b68b834b4a9abd8457bd7f7316464e6b63f54424988ad2b096c4c5ba7dd699e0370fb346b4530dc63f21da39cce0a07
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31545/dot_31545_DS1.pdf
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