Erosion through water flow (called scour) causes the majority of bridge collapses in the U.S and was responsible for the levee failures in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It has been difficult to ...

New technology allows engineers to assess the scour potential of soils at various depths and on-site for the first time -- which will help evaluate the safety of civil infrastructure before and after ...

$1.5 million Corpus Christi Scour Protection project To renovate and protect Whitecap and Gypsy brides on Padre Island from erosion Project will help with the longevity of the over 50-year-old bridges ...

A prototype optical sensor thought to be capable of providing an early warning if a bridge is at risk of scour - the number one cause of bridge collapse globally - has been developed by a Queen’s ...

Bridge scour, the erosional removal of soil around bridge foundations by flowing water, poses a critical threat to infrastructure safety worldwide. Monitoring and assessment methods have evolved to ...

Scouting for evidence of erosion, the primary danger facing California’s highway bridges, is a life’s work for Kevin Flora. On a recent weekday morning, the state Department of Transportation engineer ...

Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University, Prof. P.V.G.D. Prasad Reddy, inaugurated an international workshop on ‘Scour and Erosion’, being organised online by the International Society for Soil Mechanics ...

MILLVILLE – Two bridges carrying Route 55 across the Menantico Creek are slated to get additional protection against erosion, a problem that led to riprap being installed about five years ago to ...

International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) in association with Department of Civil Engineering, Andhra University College of ...

HYDERABAD: With Cyclone Gulab bringing heavy rains to the city in the last week of September, 120 tanks under the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits witnessed erosion and scouring, ...