Burial of short cylinders induced by scour and bedforms under waves plus currents

Yovanni A. Cataño-Lopera, Marcelo H. García

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Abstract

Experiments were conducted to study burial of cylinders placed on a sandy bed under combined waves and currents. The burial of a finite-length cylinder was determined by local scour around the cylinder and by a more global process associated to the formation and evolution of ripples and sandwaves. Experimental tests covered cylinder Reynolds wave numbers and Keulegan-Carpenter numbers within the ranges 104 ≤ Re ≤ 9.1×10 4 and 2 ≤ KC ≤ 26, respectively. Observations indicate that existing semi-empirical formulae for prediction of equilibrium burial depth for pipelines are not completely suitable for the case of a cylinder having a finite length. In these experiments burial depth shows a strong dependency on both the Shields parameter (θ) and the Keulegan-Carpenter number (KC) combined. Copyright ASCE 2005.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationWorld Water Congress 2005
Subtitle of host publicationImpacts of Global Climate Change - Proceedings of the 2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress
Pages396
Number of pages1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Event2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress - Anchorage, AK, United States
Duration: May 15 2005May 19 2005

Publication series

NameWorld Water Congress 2005: Impacts of Global Climate Change - Proceedings of the 2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress

Other

Other2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAnchorage, AK
Period5/15/055/19/05

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Water Science and Technology

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