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Compilation of flume experiments on contraction scour

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  • 1. ROR icon École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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The dataset compiles flume experiments on contraction scour reported in the literature. Data that were previously published only as tables within individual articles have been collected and standardized into a uniform format. The objective is to improve open access to experimental results that are already available in published studies.

The tab "Database" contain the compile dataset of previous studies. The tabs with the name of the authors present the original data and some comments on why some data are not included in the database or some incoherence.

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2026-03-10

References

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