Sediment particles and turbulent flow simulation around bridge piers

Scientific surveys regarding the mechanisms of transportation of bed material grains from the scour hole are undersupplied in literature. This work takes into account the mechanisms behind a local scour, associated with a bridge pier impact. In order to gather information about the flow field, an appropriately formulated numerical model of flow was used, the so-called LES (large-eddy simulation). The numerical analyses carried out in this work, examining the mechanisms of the transportation of bed material grains by means of a suitably formulated flow model, constitute theoretical background for the analysis of velocity fields around bridge piers. Those analyses will come in handy during hydraulic computations of bridges.