Novel Crashworthy Device for Pier Protection from Barge Impact

Figure 10

Impact force time histories on the bridge pier for the whole impact process (a), for the first 0.10 s of impact process (b) corresponding to different beam cross-section dimensions, and the reduction ratio of maximum impact force versus (c). , without the device; ,  = 0.8; ,  = 1.0; ,  = 1.2.

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