Prediction and Mitigation of Scour for Vermont Bridges

The majority of bridge failures in the United States and elsewhere are caused by scour, which was also observed in Vermont following the tropical storm Irene. Successfully mitigating such scour related problems associated with bridges is dependent on engineers' ability to reliably estimate scour potential, design effective scour prevention and countermeasures, design safe and economical foundation elements accounting for scour potential, and design reliable and economically feasible monitoring systems. The outcomes of this research project will enable the Agency of Transportation to holistically address the scour problem - predict the anticipated scour at a given site using modern numerical techniques such as artificial neural networks that employ the stream geomorphic data assembled by the Agency of Natural Resources; develop design and/or countermeasures techniques for bridge abutments that are appropriate for Vermont; and develop relatively low-cost passive sensors that will actively yet remotely communicate excessive scour.

• Record URL:
  http://www.uvm.edu/trc/university-transportation-center/utc-current-project-list/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • http://www.uvm.edu/~transctr/research/trc_reports/UVM-TRC-15-002.pdf

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $37012.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT06-G-0018

  027398

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Troy, Austin

  Aultman-Hall, Lisa

• Performing Organizations:

  UVM Transportation Center

  University of Vermont
  210 Colchester Avenue
  Burlington, VT  United States  05405
• Principal Investigators:

  Frolik, Jeff

  Huston, Dryver

  Rizzo, Donna

  Dewoolkar, Mandar

• Start Date: 20120601
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20141231
• Source Data: RiP Project 32172

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge abutments; Bridges; Design; Maintenance; Remote sensing; Scour
• Geographic Terms: Vermont
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01566188
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: UVM Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0018, 027398
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jun 12 2015 1:01AM