Research Article
Novel Crashworthy Device for Pier Protection from Barge Impact
Table 1
Prespecified parameters for parametric studies of the device.
| Member | Parameter | Value |
| Barge | = barge mass | 1723.7 ton | = impact velocity | 2.0 m/s | Cap | = cap width | 3.0 m | = cap mass | 100.0 ton | Steel beams | = number of planes of beam units | 1 | = total length of beam units in one plane | 15.0 m | = mass density of beam steel | 8020.0 kg/m3 | = elastic modulus of beam steel | 200.0 GPa | = tangent modulus of beam steel | 1.5 GPa | = failure strain of beam steel | 0.25 | Pier | = pier width | 6.0 m |
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