Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Length of Spur Dike and Grain Size on Scour Around T- shaped Spur dike in a 90 ° Bend

Spur dikes are one of the protective and stabilizing tools of river banks by deviating the flow from the banks toward the central axis of the flow. This can however cause scouring at the head of the spur dike. If the depth of the scour extends to the foundation of the structure, the spur dike may be destructed. In this experimental study, the effect of the length of a spur dike and the grain size is investigated on the scouring around a Tshaped spur dike at 90 degree bend. Results showed that the dimensions of the scour hole is directly related to the length of the spur dike while the maximum depth of the scouring and the length of the scour hole in the upstream showed an indirect relation to the grain size.