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Probability of exceedance estimates for scour depth around bridge piers / Laura C. Bolduc in Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, Vol. 134 N°2 (Fevrier 2008) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering > Vol. 134 N°2 (Fevrier 2008) . - pp. 175–184 Titre : Probability of exceedance estimates for scour depth around bridge piers Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Laura C. Bolduc, Auteur ; Gardoni, Paolo, Auteur ; Jean-Louis Briaud, Auteur Année de publication : 2008 Article en page(s) : pp. 175–184 Note générale : Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Bridges  Piers  Scour  Probability  Estimation Résumé : Scour at a bridge pier is the formation of a hole around the pier due to the erosion of soil by flowing water; this hole in the soil reduces the carrying capacity of the foundation and the pier. Excessive scour can cause a bridge pier to fail without warning. Current predictions of the depth of the scour hole around a bridge pier are based on deterministic models. This paper considers two alternative deterministic models to predict scour depth. For each deterministic model, a corresponding probabilistic model is constructed using a Bayesian statistical approach and available field and experimental data. The developed probabilistic models account for the estimated bias in the deterministic models and for the model uncertainty. Parameters from both prediction models are compared to determine their accuracy. The developed probabilistic models are used to estimate the probability of exceedance of scour depth around bridge piers. The method is demonstrated on an example bridge pier. The paper addresses model uncertainties for given hydrologic variables. Hydrologic uncertainties have been presented in a separate paper. En ligne : http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%291090-0241%282008%29134%3A2%2817 [...] [article] Probability of exceedance estimates for scour depth around bridge piers [texte imprimé] / Laura C. Bolduc, Auteur ; Gardoni, Paolo, Auteur ; Jean-Louis Briaud, Auteur . - 2008 . - pp. 175–184. Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering > Vol. 134 N°2 (Fevrier 2008) . - pp. 175–184 Mots-clés : Bridges  Piers  Scour  Probability  Estimation Résumé : Scour at a bridge pier is the formation of a hole around the pier due to the erosion of soil by flowing water; this hole in the soil reduces the carrying capacity of the foundation and the pier. Excessive scour can cause a bridge pier to fail without warning. Current predictions of the depth of the scour hole around a bridge pier are based on deterministic models. This paper considers two alternative deterministic models to predict scour depth. For each deterministic model, a corresponding probabilistic model is constructed using a Bayesian statistical approach and available field and experimental data. The developed probabilistic models account for the estimated bias in the deterministic models and for the model uncertainty. Parameters from both prediction models are compared to determine their accuracy. The developed probabilistic models are used to estimate the probability of exceedance of scour depth around bridge piers. The method is demonstrated on an example bridge pier. The paper addresses model uncertainties for given hydrologic variables. Hydrologic uncertainties have been presented in a separate paper. En ligne : http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%291090-0241%282008%29134%3A2%2817 [...]