Abstract: Statistical surveys conducted on investigation of reasons of bridge failures implied that the majority of bridges have failed because of excessive scouring at infrastructural elements. A bridge crossing an alluvial river ...

Abstract: Many bridges are destroyed or fail completely during severe floods. If the cause of the damage is not a structural deficiency, it may be excessive local scour around bridge piers and/or abutments. Although the mechanics ...

Abstract: Probabilistic analyses are conducted for seepage through a rock-fill dam having two different core-filter configurations: one sloping and the other a central symmetrical core-filter arrangement. Uncertainties in core and ...

Abstract: Abstract Spatial random field applications of soil properties integrated with finite element modeling tools are substantial in civil engineering to delineate stochastic characteristics of system responses that reflect real ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of uncertainty in the hydraulic conductivity and van Genuchten fitting parameters used for unsaturated flow modeling of transient seepage through embankment dams. Random variables of the ...

Abstract: River bridges and related infrastructural elements need to be monitored and inspected periodically for deterioration and loss of function due to aging, adverse hydraulic conditions, and chemical attacks. Necessary protective ...

Abstract: The first hardfill dam in Turkey, Cindere Dam, has recently been constructed and a number of instruments have been installed. The aim of this study is to review the capability of the current instrumentation system and to ...

Abstract: Estimation of maximum possible scour depth around bridge piers is an important step in the design of bridge pier foundations. Under known hydrological characteristics such as peak discharge and time‐to‐peak value of design ...