Vulnerability of bridges to scour: insights from an international expert elicitation workshop

Lamb, Rob; Aspinall, Willy; Odbert, Henry; Wagener, Thorsten

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1393-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1393-2017

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Risk and uncertainty estimation in natural hazards

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1393-2017

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Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

Research article

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11 Aug 2017

Research article |

| 11 Aug 2017

Vulnerability of bridges to scour: insights from an international expert elicitation workshop

Rob Lamb, Willy Aspinall, Henry Odbert, and Thorsten Wagener

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RC1: 'Manuscript review of “Vulnerability of bridges to scour: insights from an international expert elicitation workshop” by Lamb et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Dec 2016
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Mar 2017
AC1: 'Response to Referee No. 1', Rob Lamb, 14 Jun 2017
AC2: 'Response to Referee No. 2', Rob Lamb, 14 Jun 2017
AC3: 'Response to Referees - revised manuscript', Rob Lamb, 14 Jun 2017
AC4: 'Revised manuscript', Rob Lamb, 15 Jun 2017
AC5: 'Revised manuscript - tracked changes', Rob Lamb, 15 Jun 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (15 Jun 2017) by Bruno Merz

AR by Rob Lamb on behalf of the Authors (16 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Jun 2017) by Bruno Merz

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (04 Jul 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (05 Jul 2017) by Bruno Merz

Short summary

Scour (erosion) during floods can cause bridges to collapse. Modern design and maintenance mitigates the risk, so failures are rare. The residual risk is uncertain, but expert knowledge can help constrain it. We asked 19 experts about scour risk using methods designed to treat judgements alongside other scientific data. The findings identified knowledge gaps about scour processes and suggest wider uncertainty about scour risk than might be inferred from observation, models or experiments alone.