Simplified Analytical Method for Estimating the Resistance of Lock Gates to Ship Impacts

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="763849.fig.009a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2012/763849/figures/763849.fig.009a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>2 SE1’s are used for modeling the plating</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="763849.fig.009b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2012/763849/figures/763849.fig.009b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>3 SE2’s are used for modeling the vertical frames</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="763849.fig.009c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2012/763849/figures/763849.fig.009c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>2 SE2’s are used for modeling the transversal frames</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Illustration of the subdivision of a structure into superelements.</table>

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Figure 9: Simplified Analytical Method for Estimating the Resistance of Lock Gates to Ship Impacts 