Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1393-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1393-2017
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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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.
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