Research Article
Novel Crashworthy Device for Pier Protection from Barge Impact
Figure 14
Time histories of energy absorbed by the device (a) corresponding to different beam unit numbers and the ratio of energy absorbed by the device after impact to the total impact energy, respectively, versus beam unit number in one plane (b). , ( = 1); , ( = 2); , ( = 3); , ; , the ratio of energy absorbed by the device after impact to the total impact energy.
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