CIVIL-608 Assignement 3 Contraction scour dataset
Description
The dataset is a compilation of flume experiments on contraction scour, compiled from the following studies:
1. Straub, L. G. (1934). [Effect of channel‐contraction works upon regimen of movable bed‐streams](https://doi.org/10.1029/TR015i002p00454). *Transactions American Geophysical Union*, 15(2), 454–463.
2. Ashida, K. (1963). *Study on the Stable Channel through Constrictions* (Annual Report).
3. Komura, S. (1966). [Equilibrium Depth of Scour in Long Constrictions](https://doi.org/10.1061/JYCEAJ.0001504). *Journal of the Hydraulics Division*, 92(5), 17–37.
4. Gill, M. A. (1981). [Bed Erosion in Rectangular Long Contraction](https://doi.org/10.1061/JYCEAJ.0005626). *Journal of the Hydraulics Division*, 107(3), 273–284.
5. Keller, R. J. (1983). *General scour in a long contraction*. Proceedings XX IAHR Congress, 2, 280–289.
6. Webby, M. G. (1984). *General scour at a contraction*. RRU 73, 109–118.
7. Rana, M. Y. (1986). *Flume experiments on sediment bed in steady non-uniform flow*. Asian Institute of Technology.
8. Lim, S.-Y. (1993). [Clear water scour in long contractions](https://doi.org/10.1680/iwtme.1993.23590). *Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water, Maritime and Energy*, 101(2), 93–98.
9. Dey, S., & Raikar, R. V. (2005). [Scour in Long Contractions](https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2005)131). *Journal of Hydraulic Engineering*, 131(12), 1036–1049.
10. Oliveto, G., & Marino, M. C. (2019). [Morphological patterns at river contractions](https://doi.org/10.3390/w11081683). *Water*, 11(8), 1–11.
11. Singh, R. K., Pandey, M., Pu, J. H., Pasupuleti, S., & Villuri, V. G. K. (2020). [Experimental study of clear-water contraction scour](https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2020.014). *Water Science and Technology: Water Supply*, 20(3), 943–952.
12. Nowroozpour, A., & Ettema, R. (2021). [Observations from Contraction–Scour Experiments Conducted with a Large Rectangular Channel](https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0001903). *Journal of Hydraulic Engineering*, 147(8), 1–11.
The ID in the dataset refers to the number above.
Files
CIVIL-608_Codebook.csv
Additional details
Funding
- Federal Office for the Environment
Dates
- Created
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2024-10-08/2025-06-01Date of the compilation
Software
- Repository URL
- https://github.com/R-ctrl-z/Assignment_2_CIVIL-608.git
- Programming language
- Python
- Development Status
- Active