Abstract
Migrating bedforms in alluvial rivers can exacerbate scour damage at instream structures and lead to structural failure. This study investigates the interaction between scour at instream structures and bedform migration. Both two-dimensional (submerged weirs) and three-dimensional (uniform and complex piers) structures are considered. Two components constitute live-bed scour depth: the dynamic scour amplification Δds caused by bedforms and the local flow-induced baseline scour depth dsNB. Results show that, for 2D structures, the baseline scour depth is negligible, while the live-bed scour is mainly caused by approaching bedforms. The dynamic scour amplification normalised by the approaching bedform height (Δds/Hb) decreases with the decrease of upstream angle and varies between 0.5 and 2. For uniform 3D structures, the local flow could cause a considerable baseline scour depth, and Δds/Hb varies between 0.25 and 0.5 and decreases with the increase in the flow capacity to damp bedforms. For complex 3D structures, flow pressurisation beneath the pile-cap magnifies Δds/Hb to near 1. In general, Δds/Hb is inversely correlated with ds_NB/y0, where y0 is flow depth. New equations are proposed for estimating the dynamic scour amplification at various instream structures with design rules recommended.
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