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If the riverbed consists of cohesive soil, the highest depth after scouring is:

Engineering innovation of a length of nearly 3300m large diameter pipeline installed by HDD

According to Raudkivi and Ettema [9], to prevent the formation of ripple, the average diameter of particles should be larger than 0.7 mm and to eliminate the effect of sediment size on scouring depth, the standard deviation of particles must be less than 1.3.

The effect of slot on scouring around spur dike at 180 degree bend

about the theories " Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss told the Australian parliament: "We concentrated the search in that area because the pings were the best information available at the time." The ie Perth-based Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre called a halt to its underwater mission in the southern Indian Ocean after scouring 330 square miles looking for any sign of the downed plane.

FLIPPING WRONG; Missing plane search not in right part of the ocean... so where is it?

Scouring around bridge piers and abutments is one of the major causes for bridge failure (Melville, Coleman 2000).

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The primary objective of this study was to determine the scouring action on a model of a bridge's pile using the countermeasures of steel, aluminum, and a Perspex collar, and a geobag filled with crushed concrete and palm shells.

Reducing local scouring at bridge piles using collars and geobags

David Gisbourne from Haworth Scouring said: "As strong supporters of the BWMB we are very pleased to be working with BWMB and the future sheep farmers of the UK."

Students see journey from sheep to wool; LEARNING

'Iceberg impacts cause major changes to underwater ecosystems, particularly in the shallows where frequent scouring means there are no sponges or other large sessile animals,' says Dr Smale.

Iceberg threat to Antarctic ecosystems

Engineers gained a greater understanding of how pier protection systems for vessel impact, which are placed around the bridge's foundations to prevent collisions, affect the scouring process.

Scour, flooding, and inundation: the FHWA hydraulics R&D program conducts advanced and applied research to mitigate disaster risks by addressing three of the main hazards

Specialist teams spent the weekend scouring the River Wear looking for Leanne Chambers.

Fears grow for missing woman

Cotton scouring process results in hydrophilic cotton material.

Interface phenomena of ecologically scoured cotton material

Ammonia, the main ingredient in many window, tub, toilet and tile cleaners, is caustic and poisonous if ingested--and, if combined with chlorine, present in many scouring products, produces toxic chlorine gas!

Spic and span: a greener approach to cleaning products

To dig up more of the six-legged arthropods and learn about the lifestyles of different types of ants, Fisher has spent years scouring the soil in Madagascar (see map, below).