Volume 08,Issue 02

Modeling of Local Scour Depth Around Bridge Pier Using FLOW 3D

Authors

M. Sobhi Alasta, Ahmed Shakir Ali Ali, Saman Ebrahimi, Muhammad Masood Ashiq, Abubaker Sami Dheyab, Adnan AlMasri, Anass Alqatanani, Mahdis Khorram

Abstract
The most crucial issue that causes bridge failure is local scour, especially during flood events. Therefore, modeling scouring is an essential method to examine the possibility of bridge failure due to scour. Various numerical and laboratory models were conducted to investigate the scour depth around hydraulic structures. This paper investigates the performance of the CFD model to simulate the local scour depth around the bridge pier using Flow-3D. First, the model was built and then calibrated based on experimental outcomes. Further, the results show that the CFD model can provide a good agreement between the numerical and experimental models. The CFD model successfully imitates the scour depth, flow, and velocity around the bridge pier.

Keyword: Local Scour, Flow-3D, Bridge Pier, Circular Pier.

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