Abstract: RC bridge columns that are at risk for collision loading must be designed for lateral impact load. Because bridge columns must also support axial loads, evaluating the residual axial capacity and collapse risk of impact-damaged ...

Abstract: Assessing the structural response and vulnerability of bridge piers to collisions by barges typically involves either the use of static pier analysis codes and design-specification-stipulated equivalent static loading ...

Abstract: RC bridge columns that are at risk for collision loading must be designed for lateral impact load. Because bridge columns must also support axial loads, evaluating the residual axial capacity and collapse risk of impact-damaged ...

Abstract: For bridges susceptible to barge collision, design provisions are typically utilized in determining collision scenarios and impact loading. Provisions in the United States require that bridges be designed to withstand two ...

Abstract: Bridge structures that span navigable waterways are inherently at risk for barge collision incidents and therefore must be designed for impact loading. Current U.S. barge impact analysis procedures consist primarily of ...

Abstract: Specifications used in the design of bridges that cross barge-navigable waterways typically use, as a subcomponent of the impact-load calculation process, a barge force–deformation (crush) relationship. Such relationships ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of an experimental program conducted to evaluate the effects of end region detailing on the capacity and behavior of pretensioned concrete I-girders. The program was conducted using six ...

Abstract: In the United States, barge impact-resistant bridge design typically involves static application of code-prescribed impact loads. However, the existing static analysis procedure neglects crucial dynamic effects in the ...

Abstract: Hurricanes produce high winds and heavy precipitation, causing widespread damage to infrastructure in coastal areas. Throughout low-lying coastal cities such as New Orleans, Louisiana, a network of constructed waterway ...

Abstract: Impact-induced loads associated with barge-to-bridge collisions frequently control the design of bridges spanning navigable waterways. To design for such loads, widely used bridge design standards use an approach in which ...