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    Laboratory tests and numerical simulations of barge impact on circular reinforced concrete piers

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    Authors
    Sha, Y.
    Hao, Hong
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Sha, Y. and Hao, H. 2013. Laboratory tests and numerical simulations of barge impact on circular reinforced concrete piers. Engineering Structures. 46: pp. 593-605.
    Source Title
    Engineering Structures
    DOI
    10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.09.002
    ISSN
    0141-0296
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36901
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Bridge structures across navigable waterways are vulnerable to barge collisions. To protect the bridge structure, bridge piers should be specially designed to resist barge impact load. In order to quantify the impact load, barge-pier impact tests and/or reliable theoretical or numerical predictions should be conducted. However, very limited impact tests were carried out to evaluate barge impact force and pier response due to the cost and site limitations. This paper presents laboratory tests and numerical simulation results of barge impacting on bridge piers. A scaled circular reinforced concrete pier is built and tested first with a pendulum impact test system. Impact load profile and pier top displacement were recorded and analyzed. A numerical model is then developed to simulate the laboratory tests. Nonlinear materials are used to model the concrete and steel reinforcements with strain rate effects. The accuracy of the pier model is calibrated by comparing the experimental and numerical results. Using the validated numerical model, a full scale bridge pier model is developed to simulate the barge impact on bridge piers. Pile groups and soil springs are considered to model the soil-pier interaction. Parametric studies are carried out to investigate the effects of barge impact velocity, barge mass, pier diameter and height, superstructure mass and impact location, and soil-pier interaction. Impact load time history and pier displacement response are calculated. Based on the numerical results, empirical formulae are proposed to predict the peak impact force and impulse. The adequacy of the current design code is also discussed in the paper.

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