DYNAMIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF VESSEL-PIER-SOIL INTERACTION DURING BARGE IMPACT EVENTS

Current specifications for highway bridge design provide empirical relationships for computing lateral impact loads generated during barge collisions; however, these relationships are based on limited experimental data. To better understand and characterize such loads, dynamic finite element analysis techniques were employed to simulate vessel impact conditions never before tested experimentally. Descriptions of the methods used to model a hopper barge, bridge piers, and soil-structure interaction are given. Impact simulation results, including time histories of impact loads and barge deformations, are presented and compared with data generated using current bridge design specifications.

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- This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1849, Soil Mechanics 2003.
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Authors:
- Consolazio, G R
- Lehr, G B
- McVay, M C
Publication Date: 2003

Language

English

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Features: Figures; References; Tables;
Pagination: p. 81-90
Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1849
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Barges; Bridge piers; Finite element method; Impact loads; Simulation; Soil structure interaction; Water transportation crashes
Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Marine Transportation; I42: Soil Mechanics;

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Accession Number: 00965609
Record Type: Publication
ISBN: 0309085845
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Nov 20 2003 12:00AM