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Backwater effect of multiple bridges along Huaihe River, China

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Authors

Wang, H 
Tang, H 
Xu, X 
Xiao, J 
Liang, D 

Abstract

jats:p This study investigated the backwater effect of the eight bridges along the Huaihe River in China using physical model experiments. The experimental data obtained were used to derive equations to parameterise the backwater effect of a single bridge. The cumulative effect of two bridges was then analysed, using the backwater effect of a single bridge as a reference. It was found that, in order to eliminate the cumulative effect, the minimum distance between two bridges should be no less than 215 times the bridge pier width. </jats:p>

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Keywords

bridges, hydraulics & hydrodynamics, models (physical)

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

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Journal ISSN

1741-7589
1751-7729

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Publisher

Thomas Telford Ltd.
Sponsorship
This work was supported by a Special Fund for Public Welfare of the Water Resources Ministry (grant 201501007), China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists (grant 51125034), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant 51279046), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (grant 2014B02714) and Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu Province Plans for Graduate Research and Innovation (grant KYZZ_0146).