Impact Behavior of a Laterally Loaded Guardrail Post near Slopes by Hybrid SPH Model

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">SPH pitch (mm)</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">SPH region</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">FE region</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Horizontal</td><td class="align_center">Sloping</td><td class="align_center">Horizontal</td><td class="align_center">Sloping</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">50</td><td class="align_center">3751</td><td class="align_center">3498</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="3">2136</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="3">24800</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">25</td><td class="align_center">26,901</td><td class="align_center">25,620</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">12.5</td><td class="align_center">203,401</td><td class="align_center">195,693</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Numbers of elements by proposed models according to different SPH particle spacing.</div>

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Table 3: Impact Behavior of a Laterally Loaded Guardrail Post near Slopes by Hybrid SPH Model 