Novel Crashworthy Device for Pier Protection from Barge Impact

Table 5

Optimum parameters, total masses of beam steel, and configurations of optimum devices corresponding to different impact scenarios.

Impact scenario	(–)	(m)	(m)	(ton)	Optimum structure configuration
	1	0.20	1.00	0.41
	1	0.25	1.26	0.82
	1	0.35	1.76	2.22
	1	0.23	1.16	0.64
	2	0.41	2.04	6.23
	2	0.57	2.83	16.62
	1	0.29	1.43	1.19
	2	0.50	2.51	11.60
	2	0.70	3.48	30.77