Abstract: Automobile accident reports and full-scale crash tests of existing breakaway cable terminals (BCTs) indicated their poor performance during end-on impacts. This paper presents results of a feasibility study, which was ...

Abstract: Bridge fender systems are used to guide vessels through navigational channels under bridges. They appear to be an attractive and inexpensive solution for protecting the integrity of bridge piers. However, until now the ...

Abstract: Several accidents in which vessels impacted bridges have led to significant improvement of design procedures for impact protection of bridge piers. However, the guidelines usually call for such expensive solutions as piers ...