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Using Smart Sensors to Track Woody Debris in Flume Experiments (2023)
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Sgarabotto, A., Majtan, E., Manzella, I., Raby, A., Fourtakas, G., Rogers, B. D., …Franco, C. L. A. A. M. (2023). Using Smart Sensors to Track Woody Debris in Flume Experiments. https://doi.org/10.3850/978-90-833476-1-5_iahr40wc-p0992-cd

When triggered by floods, large wood travels downstream accumulating around river structures that may cause structural damage and eventually collapse. The use of sensors embedded within the woody debris has been recently employed in the study of debr... Read More about Using Smart Sensors to Track Woody Debris in Flume Experiments.

Numerical study on the structural response of a masonry arch bridge subject to flood flow and debris impact (2023)
Journal Article
Majtan, E., Cunningham, L., & Rogers, B. (2023). Numerical study on the structural response of a masonry arch bridge subject to flood flow and debris impact. Structures, 48, 782-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.12.100

Extreme flood flows in rivers and the floating debris they carry have the potential to generate significant impact forces on bridges spanning the watercourse. Recent flood events have highlighted the vulnerability of masonry arch bridges in flood eve... Read More about Numerical study on the structural response of a masonry arch bridge subject to flood flow and debris impact.

Experimental and numerical investigation of floating large woody debris impact on a masonry arch bridge (2022)
Journal Article
Majtan, E., Cunningham, L., & Rogers, B. (2022). Experimental and numerical investigation of floating large woody debris impact on a masonry arch bridge. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(7), https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10070911

Masonry arch bridges form an essential part of existing transport infrastructure around the world, including mainland Europe and the northeastern US. Recent extreme flood events highlight that masonry arch bridges spanning watercourses are vulnerable... Read More about Experimental and numerical investigation of floating large woody debris impact on a masonry arch bridge.

Flood-induced hydrodynamic and debris impact forces on single-span masonry arch bridge (2021)
Journal Article
Majtan, E., Cunningham, L., & Rogers, B. (2021). Flood-induced hydrodynamic and debris impact forces on single-span masonry arch bridge. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 147(11), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29HY.1943-7900.0001932

This paper explores flood-induced hydrodynamic and debris impact forces on masonry arch bridges using the numerical method smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). Masonry arch bridges make up a significant proportion of the bridge stock in many parts... Read More about Flood-induced hydrodynamic and debris impact forces on single-span masonry arch bridge.