A major goal of the ONR Mine Burial Prediction (MBP) Program is to provide the operational Navy simple models for predicting subsequent mine burial by scour which work with a known and useful degree of accuracy in regions of strategic interest, defined initially as sandy inner shelves dominated by waves. In order to be useful under real world conditions, such models must be reasonably accurate ...

Two sets of experiments related to the scour of cohesionless sediment by planar turbulent jets are presented and discussed. The first set of experiments measures the growth of the scour hole and downstream dune as a function of time. Measurements reveal a bedform that is nearly self-similar and whose growth in time is governed by a power-law relationship. The bedform is well represented by thre...

Growth and mortality of 3 species (Inversiula nutrix, Celleporella bougainvillei, Fenestrulina rugula) of encrusting bryozoans were examined from 5 Antarctic localities, along a latitudinal gradient. Typically, growth in marine invertebrates is, for ecological equivalents, slower or much slower in cold seas than warm waters. Contrary to the general trend, growth rates of 3 bryozoans were found ...

Scour around hydraulic structures is an inevitable phenomenon . Recognition of this phenomenon and dealing with it is an issue considering which will ensure the project success . Local scour at piers has been reported as the most important factor in the destruction of the bridges . The use of submerged and non-submerged piles is one of the scour control methods . Submerged piles have been rarel...

one of the important issues in hydraulic engineering is inspection of local scour depth around bridge pier. using piles is one of the ways for confronting local scour and erosion. in this study, the experiments were conducted in an 8m long, 0.5m deep and 0.25m wide flume. and the effectof using piles and number of them observed on the amount of scour in three different frude numbers. the shape ...

Ice scour is the most disruptive and widespread physical disturbance that naturally affects the coastal benthos in polar waters, where it creates a mosaic of disturbances in various stages of recolonization. The purpose of this study was to (1) determine the timing and sequence of biotic recovery following ice scour disturbance of soft sediment and (2) test the general hypothesis that ice scour...

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