The invention belongs to the technical field of safety protection of bridge
pier foundations, particularly discloses a fabricated protection device for local scouring of a bridge
pier foundation and a self-sinking construction method, and aims to solve the problems of insufficient stability, high mounting difficulty, poor long-term adaptability and the like of protection measures in the prior art. The protection device comprises an
assembly type
protection ring, a concrete ball and a flow limiting vertical ring protrusion. The fabricated
retainer is formed by splicing a plurality of
retainer units, a transverse U-shaped groove is formed in the inner side of the fabricated
retainer and used for limiting and assembling the concrete ball, and self-sinking of the device is achieved through rolling contact of the concrete ball and the outer wall of the
pier. The flow limiting vertical ring is fixed to the upper surface of the protective ring in a protruding mode and used for limiting the
water flow vortex range. The construction method comprises the steps of early-stage preparation, gravel backfilling, device installation, self-sinking installation, installation inspection and the like. The device is simple in structure and convenient to install, does not need
underwater operation, can automatically adjust the position along with the change of a riverbed, keeps long-term effective protection capability, and is suitable for scouring protection of a pier foundation of a built river-crossing bridge.