Novel Crashworthy Device for Pier Protection from Barge Impact

Figure 7

Time histories of energy absorbed by the device (a) corresponding to different beam cross-section dimensions and the ratio of energy absorbed by the device after impact to the total impact energy, respectively, versus (b). , ( = 0.8); , ( = 1.0); , ( = 1.2); , ; , the ratio of energy absorbed by the device after impact to the total impact energy.

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