Evaluation on Impact Interaction between Abutment and Steel Girder Subjected to Nonuniform Seismic Excitation

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/sv/volume-2015/981804/figures/981804.fig.005a.svgz" name="981804.fig.005a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Left abutment</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/sv/volume-2015/981804/figures/981804.fig.005b.svgz" name="981804.fig.005b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Right abutment</td></tr></table>

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Shock and Vibration

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Figure 5: Evaluation on Impact Interaction between Abutment and Steel Girder Subjected to Nonuniform Seismic Excitation 