Advances in Bridge Scour Mechanics, Monitoring, Prediction, and Mitigation Across Hydraulic, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Oceans and Coastal Zones".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fluid mechanics; bridge hydraulics; wave hydrodynamics; sediment scour; CFD modeling; flow field mechanism; computer-vision measurement; intelligent computation; AI for science/engineering; flood hazard
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Interests: bridge hydraulics; wave hydrodynamics; sediment transport; scour protection; fluid-structure interaction; CFD modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bridge scour—the erosion of sediment around bridge foundations—remains a leading cause of hydraulic, coastal, and ocean structure failures worldwide. Rapid advances in experimental techniques (e.g., computer-vision, mul-ti-modal sensing) and high-fidelity numerical methods (e.g., RANS, LES, coupled CFD–DEM, AI-enhanced models) now allow unprecedented insight into the multiphase, multiscale processes that govern scour initiation, evolution and countermeasure performance.
This Special Issue invites original research and critical reviews that integrate laboratory, field and numerical investigations of bridge scour across fluvial, estuarine, and offshore environments. Contributions are expected to cover: (i) innovative measurement technologies; (ii) physics-based and data-driven modeling frameworks; (iii) real-time monitoring and early-warning systems; (iv) eco-friendly scour countermeas-ures; and (v) climate-resilient bridge design under extreme events. The Issue aims to foster interdisciplinary dialog among hydraulic, coastal and ocean engineers, geomorphologists and data scientists, accelerating the translation of cutting-edge research into safer, smarter and more sustainable infrastructure.
Dr. Jinzhao Li
Guest Editor
Dr. Yilin Yang
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- bridge scour
- sediment erosion
- scour protection
- flood resilience
- CFD modeling
- experimental hydraulics
- AI-driven prediction
- computer-vision measurement
- coastal engineering
- real-time monitoring
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