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Flow-altering countermeasures against scour at bridge piers: a review

Ali Tafarojnoruz Dipartimento di Difesa del Suolo “V. Marone”, Università della Calabria, 87036, Rende (CS), ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Roberto Gaudio Dipartimento di Difesa del Suolo “V. Marone”, Università della Calabria, 87036, Rende (CS), ItalyView further author information
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Subhasish Dey Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302, West Bengal, India E-mail: [email protected]View further author information
Pages 441-452 | Accepted 28 Feb 2011, Published online: 08 Sep 2010

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