Author(s): Tiago Ferradosa; Francisco Taveira Pinto; Bruno Oliveira; Richard Simons; Kate Porter
Linked Author(s): Francisco Taveira Pinto, Richard Simons, Tiago Joao Fazeres Ferradosa
Keywords: Scour Curve; Foundations; Layered Sediments; Linear; Exponential and Hyperbolic fitting
Abstract: In order to improve the understanding of scour processes in layered conditions for offshore foundations, a laboratory study was conducted regarding equilibrium scour depth vs. time curve and its adjustment to hyperbolic and exponential/linear combined functions. The present paper provides a mathematical study describing a set of scour tests in order to clarify the scour depth evolution for complex, non-cohesive soil configurations.
Year: 2014