Macías-Lezcano, JesúsJesúsMacías-LezcanoLlull, ToniToniLlullAberle, JochenJochenAberle2024-04-092024-04-092024-04-048th International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (smp 2024)978-82-691120-5-4https://hdl.handle.net/11420/46505The turbulent jet generated by a ship propeller may cause damages to sediment beds due to its erosive potential. When local erosion or scour appears nearby harbour infrastructure like berthing quay walls, the risk of failure increases. To further develop approaches for the determination of the scour depth and geometry at quay walls as a function of time, scale-model experiments were carried out in a flume using different boundary conditions. The temporal development of the scour geometry was obtained by scanning the bed at predefined time-steps using an array of 16 ultrasonic sensors. These measurements were supplemented by additional measurements using a Vectrino Profiler and the Structurefrom-Motion-Photogrammetry technique. The results from the tests show consistent relations between the measured maximum scour depth and the wall and bed clearance distances, respectively, as well as the rotational speed of the propeller. Contrary to the expectations according to published equations to estimate scour depths, the results obtained in this study show a direct linear dependency between the maximum scour depth and the wall clearance distances for all the tested boundary conditions. Moreover, the data also reveal a consistent functional relationship between the main scour hole dimensions and the eroded volume.enhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Confined propeller washclosed-type quay wallsediment transportpropeller jet induced scourscale model testsEngineering and Applied OperationsConference Paper10.15480/882.936810.15480/882.936810.15480/882.9294Conference Paper