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Wen-Gang Qi and Fu-Ping Gao\* Key Laboratory for Mechanics in Fluid Solid Coupling Systems, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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*Local Scour around a Monopile Foundation for Offshore Wind Turbines and Scour Effects… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.88591*
