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Bridge Scour Bibliography

Updated by Jane Bradbury, ITI Knowledge Services

Based on subject search of Northwestern University online resources--NUCAT, Compendex, Transport and TRIS Online


Adams, Lea, Richard Palmer and George Turkiyyah. 1995. Expert system for evaluating scour potential and stream stability at bridges. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference on Integrated Water Resources Planning for the 21st Century, 786-789. New York, NY : American Society of Civil Engineers. 

Anonymous. 1989. Proceedings of the Bridge Scour Symposium held on October 17-19, 1989. Washington, DC : Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data, Subcommittee on Sedmentation. Report no. FHWA-RD-90-035 

Anonymous. 1990. Survey of roading expenditure due to scour : a report for the Road Research Unit. Wellington, NZ : DSIR Hydrology Centre. Report no. DSIR-HC-CR-90.09 

Anonymous. 1991-1992. Instrumentation for measuring scour at bridge piers and abutments. [Phase I]. Fort Collins, CO : Resource Consultants, Inc. NCHRP project no. 21-3M 

Anonymous. 1992. Hydrology and bridge scour. Transportation research record 1350:1-46. 

Anonymous. 1992. Scour at culvert outlets in mixed bed materials. Fort Collins, CO : Colorado State University, Engineering Research Center. Report no. FHWA-RD-82-011 

Anonymous. 1995. Armor-limited clear-water contraction scour at M bridges. Journal of hydraulic engineering 121(6):490-493.M 

Anonymous. 1995. Monitoring bridge scour with buried transmitters. CA : California Dept. of Transportation, Division of New Technology and Research. Report no. FHWA-CA-TL-85-16 

Anonymous. 1996. Channel scour at bridges in the United States. US : U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division. Report no. FHWA-RD-95-184 

Anonymous. 1996. Geomorphic approaches for evaluating bridge scour : case studies from north Florida. FL : University of Florida, Dept. of Geography. Report no. FLDOT-99700-3537-119 

Anonymous. 1998. Assessment of scour-critical data collected at selected bridges and culverts in South Carolina, 1990-1992. US : U.S. Geological Survey. 

Anonymous. 1998. Bridge scour and stream instability counter measures, experience, selection, and esign guidance ... hydraulic engineering circular no. 23. US : Federal Highway Administration. 

Anonymous. 1998. A modified index for assessment of potential scour at bridges over waterways. US : U.S. Geological Survey. 

Anonymous. 1999. 1998 scanning review of European practice for bridge scour and stream instability countermeasures. National cooperative highway research program research results digest 241:33

Anonymous. 1999. Boundary conditions for bridge scour analysis. Raleigh , NC : North Carolina State University , Center for Transportation Engineering Studies. Report no. FHWA/NC-98/002.

Anonymous. 2001. TTI research combats bridge scour and saves money. Texas Transportation Researcher 37(1): 8-9.

Atayee, A. Tamim. 1993. Study of riprap as scour protection for spill-through abutments. Transportation research record 1420:40-48. 

Bath , W.R. 1999. Remote methods of underwater inspection of bridge structures. McLean , VA : Federal Highway Administration. Report no. FHWA-RD-99-100

Benson, R.C. 2000. An overview of geophysical and non-destructive methods for characterization of roads and bridges. Use of geophysical methods in construction (conference), August 5- 8, 2000, Denver, CO. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication (109):1-14

Briaud, J.L., H.C. Chen, Y. Li, P. Nurtjahyo and J. Wang. 2004. Pier and contraction scour in cohesive soils. NCHRP Report no. 0309088062. (516):135

Breusers, H. N. C. and A. J. Raudkivi. 1991. Scouring. Rotterdam ; Brookfield : A.A. Balkema. Hydraulic structures design manual ; 2 

Bryan, Bradley A. et al. 1995. Methods for assessing channel conditions related to scour : critical conditions at bridges in Tennessee. Reston, VA : U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division. Report no. TN-RES1012 

Bryson, David W., Daniel G. Ghere and William H. Hulbert. 2000. European practice for bridge scour and stream instability countermeasures. Transportation research record 1696, v.2:236-243

Coleman, S.E. and B.W. Melville. 2001. Bridge-scour screening methodology for New Zealand bridges. Transfund New Zealand Research Report (196).

Copp, Howard D. 1988. Scour at bridge piers. Olympia, WA : Washington State Department of Transportation, Planning, Research and Public Transportation Division. Report no. WA-RD 178.1 

Copp, Howard D. and Jeffrey P. Johnson. 1987. Riverbed scour at bridge piers. 1987. Olympia, WA : Washington State Department of Transportation, Planning, Research and Public Transportation Division. Report no. WA-RD 118.1 

Crumrine, Milo D. 1991. Results of a reconnaissance bridge : scour study at selected sites in Oregon using surface-geophysical methods, 1989. Portland, OR : U.S. Geological Survey. Report no. FHWA-OR-RD-92-08 

Davis, Stanley R., Conor Shea and Jorge E. Pagan-Ortiz. 2000. Guideline for evaluation of bridge scour: proposed ASCE standard. Transportation research record 1696, v.2:64-66

Dennett, K.E. and R. Siddharthan. 2004. Development and implementation of a scour monitoring program for selected bridges crossing the Truckee River. Carson City , NV . University of Nevada , Reno , Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Report no. RDT 04-049.

Dongguang, Gao et al. 1993. Pier scour equations used in the People's epublic of China : review and summary : interim report. Fort Collins, CO : Colorado State University, Dept. of Civil Engineering. Report no. FHWA-SA-93-076 

Edge, B.L., N.W. Scheffner, J.S. Fisher and S.N. Vignet. K.1998. Determination of velocity in estuary for bridge scour computations. Journal of hydraulic engineering, 124(6): 619-28

Farrag, K. and M. Morvant. 2001. Development of database for Louisiana highway bridge-scour data. Transportation Research Record (1755):34-40

Farrag, K., M. Morvant, H.C. Chen (editor) and J.L. Briaud (editor). 2002. Database program for highway bridge scour data. First international conference on scour of foundations, November 17-20, 2002 , College Station , TX . Proceeding: 283-291

Fitch, G.M. 2003. Minimizing the impact on water quality of placing grout underwater to repair bridge scour damage. Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville , VA and Federal Highway Administration, Washington , DC . Report No. FHWA/VTRC 03-R16

Flavell, David. 1994. Waterway design : a guide to the hydraulic design of bridges, culverts and floodways. Sydney : Austroads. 

Fotherby, Lisa M. 1993. Alternatives to riprap for protection against local scour at bridge piers. Transportation research record 1420:32-39. 

Froehlich, David C. 1989. Finite Element Surface-Water Modeling System : two-dimensional flow in a horizontal plane. McLean, Va. : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. Report no. FHWA/RD-88/177 

Fulford, Edward T. 1985. Investigation of the effects of scouring under Route 50 bridge in the Sinepuxent Bay. Baltimore, MD : Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration. Report no. FHWA/MD-85/05 

Fukui, J., Nishitani, M., Chen, H.C. (editor) and Briaud, J.L. (editor). 2002. Survey of bridge damages due to a heavy rain in northern part of Kanto region. First international conference on scour of foundations, November 17-20, 2002 , College Station , TX . Proceeding: 47-56

Ghosn, M. and J. Wang. 2004. Reliability model for bridge scour analysis. In: Life-cycle performance of deteriorating structures. Third IABMAS workshop on life-cycle cost analysis and design of civil infrastructure systems and the JCSS workshop on probabilistic modeling of deterioration processes in concrete structures, March 24-26, 2003 , Lausanne , Switzerland . Proceedings: 238-246

Haas, C., J. Weissmann, and T. Groll. 1999. Remote bridge scour monitoring: a prioritization and implementation guideline. Center for transportation research, Austin , TX . Report No. TX-00/0-3970-1

Hager, W.H., J. Unger, G. Oliveto, H.C. Chen (editor) and J.L. Briaud (editor). 2002. Pier and abutment scour –new data. First international conference on scour of foundations, November 17-20, 2002 , College Station , TX . Proceeding: 774-784

Ho, C.L. and J.M. Di Stasi. 2001. Real-time bridge scour assessment and warning. University of Massachusetts , Transportation Center Amherst , MA . Report No. NETCR 24.

Ho, C.L., J.M. Di Stasi, P. Rees, H.C. Chen (editor) and J.L. Briaud (Editor). 2002. Gis-based bridge scour prioritization. First international conference on scour of foundations, November 17-20, 2002 , College Station , TX . Proceeding: 516-527

Holnbeck, Stephen R. and Charles Parrett. 1997. Method for rapid estimation of scour at highway bridges based on limited site data. Helena, MT : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; Denver, CO : Branch of Information Services. Prepared in cooperation with the Montana Dept. of Transportation. 

Hunt, B. 2003. Pier pressure. Bridge Design & Engineering, 2003. First quarter (30):48-50

Islam, M.S., J. Zha, A. Abghari, H.C. Chen (editor) and J.L. Briaud (editor). 2002. Scour hazard mitigation for Tick Canyon Wash Bridge. First international conference on scour of foundations, November 17-20, 2002 , College Station , TX . Proceeding: 684-698

Johnson, Peggy A. and Eduardo F. Torrico. 1994. Scour around wide piers in shallow water. Transportation research record 1471:66-70

Johnson, P.A. and D.A. Dock. 1998. Probabilistic bridge scour estimates. Journal of hydraulic engineering, 124(7): 750-754

Johnson, P.A. and S.L. Niezogoda. 2004. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, February, 2004. 130(2): 121-128

Kattell, J. and M. Eriksson. 1998. Bridge scour evaluation: screening, analysis, & countermeasures. USDA Forest Service, San Dimas Technology and Development Center , San Dimas , CA. Report No. 9877 1207—SDTDC.; Report No. WIT-11-0021

Kirshen, P., L. Edgers, J. Edelmann, M. Percher, B. Bettencourt, E. Lewandowski, H.C. Chen (editor) and J.L. Briaud (editor). 2002. A case study of the possible effects of long-term effects of climate change on bridge scour. First international conference on scour of foundations, November 17-20, 2002 , College Station , TX . Proceeding: 842-853

Kwan, Ricky T.F., Bruce W. Melville. 1994. Local scour and flow measurements at bridge abutments. Journal of hydraulic research 32(5):661-673. 

Lagasse, Peter F., Philip L. Thompson, and Scott A. Sabol. 1995. Guarding against scour. Civil engineering 65(6):56-59.

Lagasse, Peter F. 1997. Instrumentation for meauring scour at bridge piers and abutments. Washington, DC : National Academy Press. 

Lagasse, P.F. 1999. Nineteen eighty-eight scanning review of European practice for bridge scour and stream instability and countermeasures. NCHRP research results digest, July, 1999 (241):35

Lagasse, P.F., E.V. Richardson and L.W. Zevenbergen. 2000. Comprehensive bridge scour evaluation methodology. Transportation research record 1696:204-08

Lasa, I.R., G.H. Hayes and E.T. Parker. 1999. Remote Monitoring of bridge scour using echo sounding technology. Denver , CO : Eighth Transportation Research Board Conference on Bridge Management, April 26-28, 1999 . Report no. E-7

Lasa, I.R., G.H. Hayes and E.T. Parker. 2000. Remote monitoring of bridge scour using echo sounding technology. Transportation research circular 498:9

Laursen, E.M., E.V. Richardson and J.R. Richardson. 1998. Pier and abutment scour: integrated approach. Journal of hydraulic engineering, 124(7): 769-774

Lee, J. K. and D. C. Froelich. 1990. Two-dimensional finite-element hydraulic modeling of bridge crossings : research report. McLean, Va. : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. Report no. FHWA-RD-88-146 

Li, Ruh-Ming et al. 1989. Sizing riprap for the protection of approach embankments and spur dikes and limiting the depth of scour at bridge piers and abutments. Washington, DC : U.S. Federal Highway Administration. Report no. FHWA-AZ89-260-I, -II 

Marks, Vernon J. 1993. Evaluation of Brisco scour monitors. Ames, IA : Iowa Highway Division. Report no. IA-DOT-HR-551 

McLean, J. 2003. Assessment of local scour at bridge sites. Road system and engineering technology forum, 2003, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Millard, S. G. and C. Thomas. 1995. Assessment of bridge pier scour using impulse radar. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Structures and Buildings 110(2):216-227. 

Miller, Arthur C. et al. 1989. Predictive equations for bridge scour applicable to streams in Pennsylvania. University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University, Environmental Resources Research Institute. Report no. FHWA-PA-RP-89-03 

Mishra, S.K., W.B. Lindsey, H.C. Chen (editor) and J.L. Briaud (editor). 2002. Final stages of Butte City bridge erosion control project. First international conference on scour of foundations, November 17-20, 2002 , College Station , TX . Proceeding: 699-706

Molinas, A. and M.I. Abdou. 1999. Effect of sediment gradation and course material fraction on clear water scour around bridge piers. Effects of gradation and cohesion on bridge scour. 1. Fort Collins : Colorado State University , Turner Fairbank Hwy Research Center . Report no. FHWA-RD-99-183

Molinas, A. and H.M. Noshi. 1999. Experimental study of sediment gradation and flow hydrograph effects on clear water scour around circular piers. Effects of gradation and cohesion on bridge scour. 2. Fort Collins : Colorado State University , Turner Fairbank Hwy Research Center . Report no. FHWA-RD-99-184

Mollinas, A., A.W. Adeldayem. 1999. Abutment scour for nonuniform mixtures. Effects of gradation and cohesion on bridge scour. 3. Fort Collins : Colorado State University , Turner Fairbank Hwy Research Center . Report no. FHWA-RD-99-185

Molinas, A. and M.M. Hosni. 1999. Experimental study of scour around circular piers in cohesive soils. Effects of gradation and cohesion on bridge scour. 4. Fort Collins : Colorado State University , Turner Fairbank Hwy Research Center . Report no. FHWA-RD-99-186

Molinas, A. and N.Y. Relad. 1999. Effect of cohesion on bridge abutment. Effects of gradation and cohesion on bridge scour. 5. Fort Collins , CO : Colorado State University , Turner Fairbank Hwy Research Center . Report no. FHWA-RD-99-187

Molinas, ,A. and H.H. Noshi. 1999. Abutment scour in uniform and stratified sand mixtures. Effects of gradation and cohesion on bridge scour. 6. Fort Collins , CO : Colorado State University , Turner Fairbank Hwy Research Center . Report no. FHWA-RD-99-188

Molinas, A., S.J. Jones, H.C. Chen (editor) and J.L. Briaud (editor). 2002. Effects of cohesion on bridge scour. First international conference on scour of foundations, November 17-20, 2002 , College Station , TX . Proceeding: 485-499

Mollinas, A. 2004. Bridge scour in nonuniform sediment mixtures and in cohesive materials: synthesis report. Engineering Research Center, Fort Collins, CO and Federal Highway Administration, McLean , VA. Report No. FHWA-RD-03-083

Morris, Johnny L. and Jorge E. Pagan-Ortiz. 1997. Bridge scour evaluation program in the United States. Managing water : coping with scarcity and abundance ; proceedings, congress of the international association of hydraulic research. NY : ASCE, pp. 110-116. 

Mueller, David S. 2000 . National bridge scour program—measuring scour of the streambed at highway bridges. Reston , VA : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. Report no. FS-00-107.

Mueller, David S., Mark N. Landers and Edward E. Fischer. 1995. Scour measurements at bridge sites during the 1993 upper Mississippi River basin flood. Preprints of papers presented at the 74th Transportation Research Board annual meeting, 1-18. Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board. Preprint no. 950976 

Narasimhan, Ravi. 1990. Computerized data base management and analysis system for field-collected scour data. Transportation research record 1279:96-102. 

Nassif, H.H., J. Davis and A.O. Ertekin. 2003. Evaluation of bridge scour monitoring methods. London . Proceedings of the 10 th international structural faults and repair conference, July, 2003. Report no. 0-947644-53-9.

Noble, David Frederick and Calvin F. Boles III. 1989. Major factors affecting the performance of bridges during floods. Charlottesville, Va. : Virginia Transportation Research Council. 

Parola, Arthur C. 1996. Streambed stresses and flow around bridge piers. Louisville, KY : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; Denver, CO : Branch of Information Services. Prepared in cooperation with the University of Lousiville and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 

Parola, A. C., D. J. Hagerty, D. S. Mueller, B. W. Melville, G. Parker, and J. S. Usher. 1997. Need for research on scour at bridge crossings. Managing water : coping with scarcity and abundance ; proceedings, congress of the international association of hydraulic research. NY : ASCE, pp. 124-129. 

Pearson, D.R., J.S. Jones and S.M. Stein. 2000. Risk-based design of bridge scour countermeasures. Transportation research record 1696:229-235

Richards, D.L., H.C. Chen (editor) and J.L. Briaud (editor). 2002. Design and construction of bridge scour countermeasures on the Salt River, Phoenix , Arizona. First international conference on scour of foundations, November 17-20, 2002 , College Station , TX . Proceeding: 670-677

Richardson, E. V. and P. F. Lagasse. 1992. Instrumentation for measuring scour at bridge piers and abutments : Phase II. Fort Collins, CO : Resource Consultants. NCHRP project no. 21-3

Richardson, E. V. et al. 1993. Evaluating scour at bridges. Washington, DC : U.S. Federal Highway Administration. 2nd ed. Report no. FHWA-IP-90-017 

Richardson, E. V., J. Sterling Jones, and James C. Blodgett. 1997. Findings of the I-5 bridge failure. Managing water : coping with scarcity and abundance ; proceedings, congress of the international association of hydraulic research. NY : ASCE, pp. 117-123. 

Richardson, E.V. (editor) and P.F. Lagasse (editor). 1999. Stream stability and scour at highway bridges. Reston , VA : American Society of Civil Engineers. Report no. 0784404070

Richardson, E.V. 2002. Instruments to measure and monitor bridge scour. First international conference on scour of foundations, February 17-20, 2002 , College Station , TX . Proceedings: 993-1007

Richardson , E.V., J.E. Pagan-Ortiz, J.D. Schall and G.R. Price. 2003. Monitoring and plans for action for bridge scour: instruments and state departments of transportation experiences. Ninth international bridge management conference, April 28-30. 2003, Orlando , FL. Sponsored by Transportation Research Board and FHWA. Transportation Research E-Circular 2003/04:292-305

Ruff, James F. 1995. Bridge scour protection systems using TOSKANES. Phase I. Fort Collins, CO : Colorado State University Engineering Research Center. Report no. FHWA-PA-94-012-91-02 

Schall, J. D. 1997. Magnetic sliding collar scour monitor : installation, operation, and fabrication manual. Washington, DC : National Academy Press. Schall, J. D. 1997. Sonar scour monitor : installation, operation, and fabrication manual. Washington, DC : National Academy Press. 

Shearman, J. O. et al. 1986. Bridge waterways analysis model : research report. McLean, VA : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology. Report no. FHWA/RD-86/108 

Sheppard, D. M. 1992. Evaluation of predictions and methods for highway bridge scour. Tallahassee, FL : Florida Dept. of Transportation. Report no. FLDOT-ORM-578 

Sheppard, D.M. 2000. Bridge scour in bed materials other than cohesionless sediments, part 2. Coastal and oceanographic engineering department, University of Florida , Gainesville , FL. Report No. WPI 0510817

Smith, Steven P. 1994. Preliminary procedure to predict scour in bedrock. Denver, CO : Colorado. Dept. of Transportation. Report no. CDOT-R-SD-94-14 

Southard, Rodney E. 1993. Scour at bridges on selected streams in Arkansas. Transportation research record 1420:23-31. 

Springer, J. and K. Zhou. 2003. Bridge hydraulics in bridge engineering: substructure design. 2003. Boca Raton , FL : CRC Press LLC

Stein, Stuart M., Robert T. Kilgore and J. Sterling Jones. 1990. Lab report for the Acosta Bridge scour study. McLean, VA : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. Report no. FHWA/RD-89/114 

Stein, S.M., K. Young, R.E. Trent and D.R. Pearson. 1999. Prioritizing scour vulnerable bridges using risk. Journal of infrastructure systems. 5(3): 95-101

Ting, Francis C. K. 1994. Feasibility study for hydraulic modeling facility for scour problems. College Station, TX : Texas Transportation Institute. Report no. FHWA-TX-95-1408-1F 

Tyagi, A. K. 1989. Scour around bridge piers in Oklahoma streams. Stillwater, OK : Oklahoma State University. Report no. FHWA-OK-87-2, FHWA-OK-89-09 

Vincent, Mark S. 1992. Johns Pass bridge scour assessment model. Tampa, FL : University of South Florida, Center for Modeling Hydrologic & Aquatic Systems. Report no. FL-DOT-RMC-0579-3534

Wagner, C.R., D.S. Mueller, H.C. Chen and J.L. Briaud. 2002. Analysis of contraction abutment scour at two sites in Minnesota. First international conference on scour of foundations, November 17-20, 2002 , College Station , TX . Proceeding: 1069-1110

Webb, D.J., N.L. Anderson, T. Newton, S. Cardimona and A. Ismail. 2002. Ground penetrating radar (gpr): a tool for monitoring bridge scour. Second annual conference on the application of Geophysical and NDT methodologies to transportation facilities and infrastructure, April 15-19, Los Angeles , CA. Sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration. Proceedings: 23.

Weissmann, J., H.T. Chun and C. Haas. 2001. Pilot installation of a bridge scour monitoring site. Transportation Research Record (1745): 68-72

Whitbread, J.E. and J.R. Benn. 2000. Cost-effective management of scour-prone bridges. Proceedings of the institution of civil engineers: transport, 141(2):79-86

Williams-Sether, Tara. 1999. Estimated and measured bridge scour at selected sites in North Dakota, 1990-97. Bismarck , ND : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. Report no. 99-4124.

Yankielun, N.E. and L. Zabilansky. 1999. Laboratory investigation of time-domain reflectometry system for monitoring bridge scour. Journal of Hydraulic engineering, 125(12): 1279-84

Yoon, B. and H. Woo. 2000. Sediment problems in Korea . Journal of hydraulic engineering. 126(7): 486-491

Zhou, Yuli. 1999. Forecast of the bridge local scour depth. Xi’an. Journal of Xi'an Highway University,19(4): 48-50

 

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