COLLISION TOLERANT PILE STRUCTURE HINGE CONCEPTS

Collision Tolerant Pile Structures (CTPS) are being used to replace damaged navigational markers in shallow waterways. The CTPS is a single pile, hinged at the mudline, on which aids to navigation can be mounted. Development has focused on the critical onmi-directional hinge component. Two concepts have emerged as being technically feasible design solutions - a peripheral stay/universal joint system and a central stay design. Both concepts are described and the experimental results are summarized. The computer models have been upgraded and verfied so that they can serve as design tools for full scale prototype design. The basis for the theoretical models and selected applications are described.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Swift, M R
  • Baldwin, K C
• Publication Date: 1989-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 125-129
• Serial:
  • Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-950X
  • EISSN: 1943-5460
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jwped5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Design; Hinges; Mathematical models; Navigation; Support piles; Waterways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Waterways (Transportation)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Marine Transportation; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00479650
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1989 12:00AM