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Live bed scour experiments were conducted using four types of non-cohesive bed sediments with median diameters d 50 = 0.26 mm, 0.42 mm, 1.06 mm and 1.92 mm and five 45°wing-wall abutments of lengths l = 0.04 m, 0.06 m, 0.08 m, 0.10 m and 0.12 m. The tests were conducted in the range of flow velocity varies from 0.71 to 5 times of the critical velocity. The plotting of non-dimensional scour depths (scour depths/abutment lengths) vs non-dimensional flow intensity (flow intensity/critical velocity) show one peak value of scour depth close to the threshold velocity and thereafter, it reduces and again attain a live-bed maximum in the range of flow intensity 3 to 5 times of the critical velocity. It is also observed that the scour depth increases with the increase in sediment sizes up to threshold value of flow for all sediment sizes and abutment lengths. Further, the scour depth decreases with the increase of non-uniformity under all flow conditions. A design equation is proposed for estimating maximum scour depth at 45° wing-wall abutment under live-bed condition. The calculated values of scour depths using proposed equation, and also with three different live-bed local scour equations, are compared with the measured values of scour depths.
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MAZUMDER, M.H., BARBHUIYA, A.K. Live-bed scour experiments with 45° wing-wall abutments. Sadhana 39, 1165–1183 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-014-0251-8
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