Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8060028 | Coastal Engineering | 2012 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Local scour around subsea caissons is studied experimentally. ⺠The horseshoe vortex plays a less important role than the velocity amplification at the corners for low caissons. ⺠Empirical formulas for predicting the scour depth are obtained.
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Authors
Ming Zhao, Xiaosong Zhu, Liang Cheng, Bin Teng,