scour protection
Anti-washout barrier
Scour protection refers to materials or structures placed around underwater foundations—bridge piers, offshore wind turbines, pipelines—to prevent erosion from water currents.
Moving water scours sediment away from foundations, undermining stability.
Rock armor, concrete mats, or sandbags provide scour protection by absorbing the force of flowing water: The engineers specified riprap for scour protection around the pier footings.
- concrete blocksMolded cement building units
- riprapLoose stone for stabilization
- offshore wind farmsOcean-sited electricity generators
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- gabionWire cage filled with rocks
riverbanks · mattress · geotextile · granite · wave action · underwater pipelines · oil rigs · flood defenses · turbulence · tidal currents · apron · revetment · sandbags · basalt · boulders · offshore · armor · breakwater
- leveeslevee, levee breach, embankment, dike, floodwall
scour protectionscour
Clean by hard rubbing
scouring · erosion · undermining · washout · degradation
scour protectionstructural collapse
Framework giving way