Author(s): Tomas Picek; Ales Havlik; Daniel Mattas; Karel Mares

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Keywords: Bridge; bridge deck; submerged bridge deck; backwater caused by a bridge

Abstract: During a flood on a creek or a small river, a bridge opening may run completely full or even the entire bridge may be submerged by the flow. The paper deals with a calculation of flow through a partially- or entirely submerged bridge deck of a rectangular shape. Laboratory experiments are presented and used for a formulation of the equations for the backwater and specific discharge associated with the partially- and entirely submerged rectangular bridge deck. The results are compared with formulas from the literature.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2007.9521773

Year: 2007