Abstract: On July 7, 2020, the Taiyangbu Bridge crossing the Changjiang River was hit by a barge loaded with sand, resulting in the collapse of the main span. Such side collisions are seldomly investigated in previous studies. To ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of corrosion and scouring on the barge impact fragility of bridge structures. A typical four-span continuous reinforced concrete (RC) bridge is selected as the baseline structure, and a ...